Has anyone had a jw hack into their email/tablet/phone etc to spy?

by purrpurr 24 Replies latest jw friends

  • purrpurr
    purrpurr

    I note stillin has had a recent problem with this. I also know of two cases were an elder went through a brothers phone to get dirt on him. And another were a sisters email was hacked into to get dirt on her.

    In both cases apparently it was for their spiritual protection (!) Of course (!)

    Has anyone else heard of this?

  • cappytan
    cappytan

    A ministerial servant in a neighboring congregation logged into his Google account in the congregation computer (can't remember what for...probably to get a document off of Google Drive to print out or something).

    Well, he forgot to log out and an elder went through all his e-mails, and his Google+ social media account.

    The brother ended up getting removed as an MS because the elder found some things that weren't exemplary in there. (Pictures of him drinking beer, slightly off-color jokes, etc. It was all pretty tame stuff, though.)

    That elder is now no longer an elder, although for completely unrelated reasons.

  • purrpurr
    purrpurr
    Cappytan do we know if this spying behaviour is encouraged by the GB?
  • cappytan
    cappytan
    Cappytan do we know if this spying behaviour is encouraged by the GB?

    I don't know.

  • Village Idiot
    Village Idiot
    It seems that some JWs have too much time on their hands.
  • Splash
    Splash
    It's the modern day version of rummaging through someone's books and music collection when you visit their home, something JW's are famous for.
  • nonjwspouse
    nonjwspouse
    That type of invasion of privacy is sue-able. If someone wanted to spend inordinate amounts of time effort and $$ to sue. It would be nice if someone was outraged enough to do so.
  • zeb
    zeb

    ,,rummaging through someone's books and music collection when you visit their home, something JW's are famous for.

    Hacking into someone's phone in Australia is highly illegal.

  • joe134cd
    joe134cd
    I personally knew an elder that went friending all the young ones in the cong on face book. So he could gather evidence for a local needs talk on how wicked it was that no one mentioned they were jw. I was shocked when I heard his talk and knew what he had done.
  • Barrold Bonds
    Barrold Bonds
    All the more reason to put a password or PIN lock on your phone and always beware when using public computers.

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