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There’s an LE chart floating around out there, slightly different than this[1] that shows how long carriers keep records. AT&T in particular keeps records fore
by runjake 3y ago
There’s an LE chart floating around out there, slightly different than this[1] that shows how long carriers keep records.
AT&T in particular keeps records forever. I suspect all the other carriers do as well despite their claims.
1. https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-ux-600-700,f_auto,q_auto:best/streams/2012/february/120220/57636-null37df4602-2949-6770-4444-ec18f61fff4d.jpg https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-ux...
- aristus 3y agoCan confirm AT&T retention. In the late 90's they were already approaching trillions with-a-T metadatums. Federal LE, telecoms, and "the intelligence community" have always worked closely together.
- dredmorbius 3y agoAT&T doesn't merely keep call record data, but does so explicitly to share it with law enforcement. Going back to the 1980s. <https://www.eff.org/cases/hemisphere https://www.eff.org/cases/hemisphere> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_detail_record https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_detail_record> <http://epic.org/privacy/nsa/Section-215-Order-to-Verizon.pdf http://epic.org/privacy/nsa/Section-215-Order-to-Verizon.pdf>