
Modern Love
in the Digital Age
The how-to guide on digital sharing for new couples, bad breakups, and committed partners.


Relationships are hard, but the internet made them stranger. Long-standing questions on household responsibilities, merged finances, and whose in-laws to visit for the holidays have made way for digital disagreements: When to track each other’s location, which passwords to divulge, and what, if anything, is off limits?
Introducing “Modern love in the digital age.” This online resource from Malwarebytes includes important new research on device, password, and account access within relationships, along with specific guidance for people who want to safely share their digital lives with someone they love—or shut off that access from someone who cannot be trusted.

What’s mine is yours
How couples share an all-access pass to their digital lives.
Everybody in a relationship shares some of their digital lives with their partner (no, really, everybody), but, as revealed in this new report, that sharing can come with regret. Even worse, it can be the product of coercion and harassment.
“What’s mine is yours: How couples share an all-access pass to their digital lives” unveils the true story of device and account access for committed partners, including the 30% who regret sharing location tracking, and the nearly 1 in 3 Gen Z and Millennial partners who said an ex used their accounts to stalk them.

Should you share your location with your partner?
Location sharing is popular among couples. But is it something you want in your own relationship?

How to remove someone from a shared device
This blog series details how to remove a partner from a shared device, including Mac computers, Windows devices, and Androids.
Digital Footprint Portal
Worried about who else has your data? The Digital Footprint Portal reveals what information of yours is available on the dark web, open to abuse by hackers, thieves, and cybercriminals. Scan today to stay safe beyond your love life.


Why car location tracking needs an overhaul
Car location tracking is becoming a tool of control in situations of domestic abuse. It’s time car companies responded.

Malwarebytes Premium Security
In abusive relationships, digital “sharing” looks more like digital control. That extends to the use of spying apps like stalkerware. Scan your device today to stay safe from this uncommon but dangerous cyberthreat.

How to protect yourself from online harassment
Don’t wait for an online harassment campaign to unfairly target you or a loved one. Take these proactive steps today to stay safe.

When things go wrong: A digital sharing warning for couples
Digital sharing is the norm in romantic relationships. But some access could leave partners vulnerable to inconvenience, spying, and abuse.

Relationship broken up? Here’s how to separate your online accounts
The internet has made breaking up a lot harder. The Modern Love Digital Breakup Checklist can help you separate locations, accounts, and more.

Gen Z breakups tainted by login abuse
Gen Z, who are most likely to engage in consensual tracking, are also the most likely to face non-consensual tracking after a breakup.

Men report more pressure and threats to share location with partners
Men face more pressure—and threats—from significant others to grant access to their personal devices, online accounts, and locations.

Millennials’ sense of privacy tested in romance
Millennials, equipped with a strong sense of privacy in relationships, are still sharing their online accounts at similar rates of Gen Z.