how do you feel when friends or family members view your contacts and messages.

I guess it's true for many people. I have very few people whom I trust to share my information with, my girl friend being one of them. I share everything with my girl friend & depending on the sensitivity of the information, I'm very selective on whom I share it with. I do have one friend in particular that I do trust pretty much everything with. Outside of my girl friend, I don't really share personal things with my family. I guess it all depends on the nature of what I'm sharing. I don't mind my family member, outside of my girl friend, looking at my contact list out of my cell phone but that's as far as they go.

I have a friend that always wants to see my phone, no matter if she has seen it before or not. I think she just wants to view my contacts and messages. I like to keep my things private. If I have something to share with someone, I'll share it.

i dont mind my family and few best friends viewing my messages and contacts but wont be comfortable about other viewing my contacts and sms.. anyways my inbox,contacts are password protected so now problem with anyone other than me viewing my sms and contacts..

I do not mind if my family looks at my contacts. Any messages I get I would not let anyone just look at them. If it is somethings I want my family to see I will let them and the same is for my friends. I do not think that family or friends should just decide to check my messages. The messages on my phone are for me and only the people I want to show them too.

I have nothing to hide, but I don't like people going through my messages. My phone is not only password-protected, but encrypted as well, my device contents are encrypted, my memory card is encrypted. If I put my memory card in my PC, I have to enter a password. My e-mail is PGP encrypted (not SMS because my phone doesn't support SMS encryption) yet I don't have anything to hide. I just like my privacy.

I think it's okay for somebody to view what's on my phone. I have nothing to hide from anybody. So why keep it away from them seeing it. Sometimes I think it's just not right for somebody to enter your privacy but, than agian it makes you look like your hiding something from them. They might take it the wrong way. So I show them it just to keep away from the trouble.

As a matter of principle I wouldn't share them. I've got nothing to hide, no secret girl friend, no weird businesses going on, etc. However, for me it's a fundamental question of privacy, and that's being eroded nowadays anyways, you just can't help it. This worl is turning more and more from 'I' to 'We', and it makes me feel uncomfortable.

I don't have that problem, as there is no one in my house but me and my dogs, and certainly can't read. My family is the kind anyway, that we all have our privacy and we don't delve into each others, so even if I had others living here, I wouldn't have to worry one bit about it. My daughter did live with me for 9 months, and never once did I look at her phone, nor did she mine. It just isn't kosher to do so. I think though that if she would have wanted me to know what her niece had said in text, then she would have told me. I never asked as I didn't feel it was any of my business. Now that she lives in another state, we message each other and ss far as I know she keeps her messages from me private. There are several in the house where she is living, so that is basically why we text so that they can't hear what is being said. Have a good day, and happy mylotting.

i don't mind if my family members view my contacts or messages,i would like to delete the messages which i think are not good to been seen by my family members. for friends,i never share my messages to any of my friends,i like to keep private from them.

hi ravich, i never let my families view my mobile, especially my parents. and my friend would not ask for viewing my contacts or messages. that's really impolite, i would not view them either. but i let my boyfriend to check about my mobile, and i would view his sometimes. even we changed our mobile to view each other's.

such a situation ahs not happened to me much except a few... well i hate it when some one else checks my contacts and messages unless they are really very close to me... not becauce i have something to hide from them but i think many people like me feel uncomfortable with some one else checking our messages...

Personal is personal. That is how i set my rules for myself and sometime to my family. But there are exceptions from the rule. If the message that was sent to me or that i am sending needs their consent or pertains to them I let them see it. If ever they get to see my contacts and messages I explain to them who or what they are without giving too much information. I feel embarrassed when my family sees a message that has something to do with love life (though i don't have one).

I never let my family or my friends go through my phone. I feel that whatever i have in my phone is my business.

its very embarassing

I don't want anybody scanning my own things except if i want to share it with others..for me it's my privacy, not because i'm hiding something but i believe that i have my own business...i have no interest minding their business so i want them to be like that with me...

hi ravich I love it when my son sees my contacts and my messages, but I dont think I would share this with my roommate. NOw with my best friend I would always share anything messages what have you as we are really' close.

Almost messages I don't give anyone see or read it inclue my family's member or my friends. I think messages I have only me have a right to read it. This is a right of human. There are personal messages which noone can't read it except I agree. I have times my friends and my family read my messages, I very angry and I consider that is activity can't forgive. I ask them have to respect me as well as I respect them. If they don't follow my require, I think I very hopeless when I have this kind of friend

every body in my house have their own privacy....so if my family want to open my mobile phone they must have my permission first. i never share my message with my family or my friend without my permission.

i have a friend who ever want to see my chat and contact. i really don't like someone see my personal. however i angry on him he is still doing. for family, all of my family member are not interesting my contacts and chat meassages.