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Change of attitude, lack of communication… There are many signs that can make you doubt your partner’s fidelity. But TikTok has discovered a new one: having multiple calculator apps on your phone. Explanations.
These fake digital calculators were brought to light on TikTok by American influencer and podcast host, Sam “Nugget” Dababneh. “If you’re dating a guy and you go to his phone and type the word ‘calculator’ and he has two calculator apps, he’s cheating on you”, he says in one of his last publications on the social network. Her video quickly went viral and now has over 265,000 views.
Many netizens reacted to Sam “Nugget” Dababneh’s revelations by sharing their own misadventures with these fake calculator apps. “It’s all true. Now I’m in the middle of a divorce”, says one of them. Some are overwhelmed when they learn the real usefulness of these applications, such as this user who explains that “his ex said that his second digital calculator was used to save financial documents that he wanted to keep secret when he traveled”.
Despite what TikTok users say, fake calculator apps weren’t designed to facilitate adultery. But rather to protect your personal documents from prying (and malicious) eyes. The proof with the Calculator# Hide Photos Videos application, available on iOS. It takes the appearance of a digital calculator to hide your photos, videos, documents, notes, contacts and passwords from curious people and hackers.
Same ambition with Calculator – Photo Vault, available on Android. This digital safe is protected by a password to better lock your confidential files. This application has already been downloaded more than 10 million times, according to data from Google Play.
There is no indication that Internet users downloading these applications do so with the aim of deceiving their partner. While certain signs can point the way to possible infidelity, a team of international researchers used artificial intelligence to determine if adultery is objectively foreseeable. Result: it is not, even if certain factors such as the duration of a romantic relationship and the degree of sexual satisfaction of the couple are good indicators of the level of commitment of the partners and the efforts they are ready to make. . Let TikTok users be reassured: mobile applications are not part of the variables identified by the researchers.