Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Digital traces and the lifespan of a txt message

txt messaging on a mobile phone has a minimum lifespan of 3 months where the message is held by vodafone (and presumably any other service provider such as telecom). This was the response reported in the NZ Herald yesterday to a woman asking for access to deleted txt messages she had received. However, beyond this date Police can be given access.

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