A MAN has allegedly put a secret tracking device in his fiancée's new phone that he bought her for Valentine's Day and not told her.

The boyfriend's sister asked if she should tell her future sister-in-law about the alleged unlawful bugging, in a gut-wrenching Reddit post.

The woman, who goes by the username Tellornotell3, said her intruding brother had bought his fiancée a new phone on Valentine's Day and quickly asked her boyfriend – who is trained in computer software – to install a hidden tracking app.

"I overheard them talking and when I entered the room they went silent," the post, which received 3.7k comments, read.

"I waited till my brother left then talked to my boyfriend, he denied having this conversation with my brother first then, admitted to installing the app on the phone.

"I told him he and my brother were in the wrong because this is [a] huge breach of privacy. He said he has nothing to do with it and advised me to stay out of it as well."

Her boyfriend told her she was being "noisy" and "intrusive" and told her to stay out of her brother's issues.

But Tellornotell3 said it was "unfair to my future sister in law".

"She's the one working, paying bills and rent and this is how she is treated?" she said.

"My boyfriend told me gtfo [get the f*** out] with this attitude and again, said I should stay [out] of it because it does not in any way concern me.

"I don't know I feel horrible after hearing about what my brother did and since I have a good relationship with his fiancée I can't help but feel guilty and wanting to tell her.

"Am I the a****** for wanting to tell her?"

But Reddit users backed her plan.

"Tell her. But also have your phone checked out, cos your BF is throwing out CRAZY red flags," one person wrote.

"Wow, this actually never occurred to me," Tellornottell3, who also goes by OP, replied.

"Also seeing several comments saying the same thing I'll definitely be checking my phone.

"My boyfriend tends to do things that cause me to side eye him sometimes. this one is definitely not okay."

Following up, nekocorner wrote: "Please please be careful OP, especially if he's done things that make you wary or concerned for your safety before.

"Abusers tend to escalate their behaviours when they think their victims are leaving."

One user wrote: "This is so wholly creepy and intrusive.

"What OP's brother is doing is, at best, a huge breach of trust, and at worst, downright illegal. Most likely both. It's so revealingly disgusting that OP's boyfriend would support that."

They added: "To put it simply, he's being mean to his partner for calling him out on helping someone violate their partner's trust. That is, well, f***ed up.

"The fact that someone would even passively condone this behavior, let alone support it and openly help others with it, reveals so much about that person.

"Regardless of whether OP's future SIL is hiding something (ie. cheating) this is just not you treat your partner. It's illegal for a reason."

Another user said it went against the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act that prohibits access to a device without authorisation.

"There's no ambiguity. Installing software on someone's phone without their permission is a felony," they wrote.

"However, its incredibly unlikely that Op's boyfriend would be charged with a crime just for this act.

"It's more like this would be an additional charge for someone who, in the course of stalking, or harassing, or defrauding someone, installed the software."

A third posted: "I would argue a huge breach of trust is just as bad as being illegal, at least from a morality standpoint."

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