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By Greg Bartlett

This is a cautionary tale for those people who may want to dabble outside of their relationships. Did you know that many new cell phones are equipped with GPS tracking devices? If you are thinking of becoming a cheater you probably hope that your significant other remains blissfully unaware of these intentions. You no longer have to worry about stray numbers scrawled on napkins or the calls placed on your cell phone, just carrying your cell phone can give you away.

The service was introduced as a way of assisting people when they were in need of 911 assistance. It also has other great benefits like helping you to map out a trip based on where you are. However, with only a little bit of GPS tracking and access to account information your spouse can easily see where you are going during the day – you may want to avoid the by the hour motel district.

Most cell phones use a passive GPS cell phone tracking solution, which means that they store the location of the cell phone in relationship to satellites on internal memory. However, they can also be queried to report their location (as in the case of an emergency). This is usually not a problem for consumers, but it may be worrisome to the unfaithful. Simply with a few keystrokes on a computer, your wife or husband can find out where you have been for perhaps the last day, or week.

Not being among this crowd, I am going to make the assumption that part of the thrill of cheating is the possibility of getting caught. That may be true, but I doubt that actually getting caught is very much fun. If you can’t consider what you would be doing to your partner, consider what they will do to you if they find you in another’s arms.

Your other half doesn’t even need to know that much to be able to use your cell phone to catch you in the act. If they are suspicious they could contact one of the several companies that offer spouse tracking services. It is reported that with the cell phone number alone some companies can locate a cell phone that is turned on.

What’s my point? Do not cheat; it really is not worth the pain and the recriminations that will haunt both of you. If you are going to cheat and you turn your cell phone off, you might get away with it for now, but not forever. Cell phone GPS tracking has the power to bring you down, but only in this life.