Ride the Lightning
Cybersecurity and Future of Law Practice Blog
by Sharon D. Nelson Esq., President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.
How Do You Have an Affair and Cover Your Electronic Tracks?
April 28, 2014
We lectured last Friday at the 2014 AICPA/AAML National Divorce Conference in Las Vegas. Great conference and a great time, including great seats with friends at Elton John's Million Dollar Piano concert.
The session had an overflow crowd and boy, were they engaged. But they surprised us. We have given the presentation "Perry Mason Goes Digital: Electronic Evidence in Family Law" many times. Typically, we get a lot of questions about how lawyers can get access to electronic evidence. But this audience asked a lot of questions – no other audience has ever done this – about how to keep your electronic trail hidden when having an affair. Apparently, this is what clients are now asking their lawyers. Who knew?
They wanted to know about SnapChat (bad idea) and asked about TextMe and Ashley Madison, whose tagline is "Life is Short. Have an Affair." They were quite clear that clients expected advice on keeping these affairs private.
So we are curious – do readers have thoughts about some of the products designed to hide extramarital affairs? Every product we have ever seen leaves a digital trail – one way or another. But we're always learning – so weigh in if you have information to share. As I promised the audience, having debunked the notion that SnapChat is safe (that one we've dealt with), we will check out other common software used to conceal the electronic tracks of lovers.
This is the sort of research that scorches the eyebrows, but having promised the audience, we will soldier on.
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