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Equally galling to the leak itself is that XY is storing text messages long after delivering them. Inexcusable.
by advisedwang 3y ago
Equally galling to the leak itself is that XY is storing text messages long after delivering them. Inexcusable.
- everfrustrated 3y agoAll SMS providers retain full messages for spam/abuse analysis, etc. SMS is not a secure message transport and has never been advised as such.
- advisedwang 3y agoThis FOIA'd DoJ doc from 2010 seems few major carriers retain SMS contents, and only one for more than a week: https://www.aclu.org/cell-phone-location-tracking-request-response-cell-phone-company-data-retention-chart https://www.aclu.org/cell-phone-location-tracking-request-re...