Just to be clear, I wasn’t trying to criticize t-mobile. Been their customer for the past 8 or so years, and I wouldn’t have stayed if I had some serious reserv

Just to be clear, I wasn’t trying to criticize t-mobile. Been their customer for the past 8 or so years, and I wouldn’t have stayed if I had some serious reservations about them. I stand corrected though, you are right, i don’t think the content of messages has been ever obtainable. At least not since 2006 when it became explicitly illegal for carriers to provide that info to anyone (including the customer paying for the phone line) outside of special circumstances like a court orderc subpoena, etc. (so practically it isn’t an option for the heavy majority). However, it is factually true that i can get metadata (datetime of each text, phone numbers of both parties, who sent who how many messages, etc) about texts being exchanged from my carrier by just clicking through a couple of menus in the app today. I checked that right before posting my earlier comment. And it is also factually true that despite the carrier not being allowed to disclose to me the content of those messages, they themselves indeed have have full access to the content in plaintext.