A new application has been released in the App Store aimed at helping people who do not trust their loved ones to resist the temptation to read through their messages.
The iTrust, which is available for iPhone and iPod Touch users, informs owners if there has been an attempt to gain access to their phone, while also remembering which features the nosey person tried looking at.
Priced at 59p, the clever program takes a screenshot of the user interface, which then becomes a screensaver when the application is started.
After this, trying to press what appear to be buttons will not be able to access them, but the touch is recorded and then replayed at a later date when the owner returns to the phone.
Bob Nerberg, the 26 year old from Oslo who wrote the application, said that it would help to make relationships stronger.
“It’s something everybody thinks about in a relationship – is my partner reading my texts and emails? Now you can be sure,” he told the Guardian.
According to a new British study, 67 per cent of women check their boyfriends phone regularly, meaning that iTrust could be a handy application for suspicious partners.