I have access to my partner’s Gmail because they once logged in on my phone and never logged out. I’m tempted to check it but worried about the legal side. Is it actually illegal if I know the password?
Legally speaking, accessing someone’s account without their permission is actually a gray area that can get messy fast — even if you stumbled into access, it can still fall under computer fraud laws in a lot of places. Honestly though, the bigger question is why you want to check it, because that conversation with your partner is probably going to get you further than anything you’d find in their inbox. Just log them out of your phone and have the talk — way less drama.