* New research has been released following news that a Premier League footballer was caught cheating on his wife after she reviewed their Ring doorbell footage.

* 65% of women have caught their partner cheating thanks to technology.

* Ring doorbells are now the number one way women are busting their partner’s affair (24%).

* 38% of women suspicious of their partner’s shenanigans have gifted them gadgets that make it easier to discreetly keep tabs on them.

* Study conducted by IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s largest extramarital dating site

In a world driven by technology and AI, keeping secrets under wraps has become more challenging than ever – especially for those cheating on their partners.

It turns out the pursuit of secret affairs has become a high-stakes game, with an ever-increasing chance of being exposed, and it’s all thanks to tech. 

New research by extramarital dating site IllicitEncounters.com found women are turning into digital detectives, with 65% saying they busted their partner’s affair by using technology.

38% of women even admitted to gifting their partners gadgets that could help them keep an eye on what they’re getting up to.

The study which involved 1,500 members of the website was conducted following news that a Premier League footballer was caught cheating on his wife after she went through footage recorded on their Ring doorbell.

The poll found that Ring doorbells are the top way women are discovering their partner’s affair (24%). Alexa is also a top choice (18%) followed by Whatsapp and social media alerts popping up on lock screens (13%) which are a big give away when it comes to exposing cheats.

There are more novel and much more sophisticated ways people are getting caught out these days too – Fitness watches (8%) and Find My Phone location tracking (7%) also made it on the list of how cheats are being busted by their wives. 

On the other hand, old-school methods like checking browser history (11%), emails (9%) and call logs (5%) are still trusty ways women are discovering their partners are love rats.

And 2% of people even admitted to using AI voice cloning (2%) to discover whether partners are being unfaithful.

Jasmine, 37 from Somerset, a member of IllicitEncounters, shared her story on the topic saying, “ I never imagined I’d discover my husband’s affair through our Ring doorbell. I was checking the footage to see if a package had arrived, but instead, I saw him sneaking a woman into our home while I was out. 

My heart sank as I watched them walk in, laughing and holding hands, like they’d done this before. The betrayal was right there in front of me, undeniable and painful. 

Rather than tell my husband what I saw, my immediate reaction was to have a revenge affair. I don’t feel particularly guilty about it because ultimately if he does find out, I’ve got video evidence of what he’s been up to.”

Fiona, 37 from Windsor, another member of the extramarital dating site who took part in the study said, “I found out my partner was cheating on me one weekend when I went to visit my mum in Cornwall, and it was all thanks to Alexa. I’d had my suspicions about what he was getting up to, so as soon as I got home I took a peek at the voice history log.

That’s when I found out he’d asked Alexa to play our ‘sexy’ playlist we’d put together – a bit weird because as far as I knew, it was something we’d only listen to when things got steamy between us. I discovered you can actually listen to Alexa recordings, and when he asked to play that specific playlist I heard a woman laugh in the background.

When I brought it up, he unsurprisingly came clean about it straightaway – I mean he couldn’t really deny it, the proof was there!”

Sex and relationships expert for IllicitEncounters.com, Jessica Leoni, commented on the study, “Technology has advanced in ways we could never have imagined over the past few years, and in some cases it’s made it super easy to catch cheaters in the act – though I have to say, it doesn’t appear to be having an effect on the number of people having affairs as the figure continues to rise.

The Premier League footballer caught out by his Ring doorbell scored an embarrassing own-goal, but the results of our study show he’s not the only one. It’s also a bit of a modern-day cautionary tale: if you’re going to break the rules, don’t forget the cameras are always watching!”

Results

Have you ever caught your partner using technology?

Yes – 65%

No – 35%

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How have you used technology to discover your partner was cheating?

Ring doorbell – 24%

Alexa – 18%

Phone notifications- 13%

Checking browser history – 11%

Checking emails – 9%

Fitness watch – 8%

Find My Phone location tracking – 7%

Call history – 5%

AI voice cloning – 2%

Other – 3%