iMessage security risk

[Rigby]

Once I got a text message from someone 24 hours after they sent it. So for 24 hours that data was living in AT&T's computers.

So they say it's not saved at all and I say it can stay on their servers at least a day, apparently. So now that we know the statement isn't true who's to say where the truth really lies? 2 days? 3? A week? A month?

No way to know, unfortunately, since we know that what they're telling you is a lie.

It is not a lie. The message is stored in their SMS-C exactly until it has been delivered to the recipient. Then it is discarded.

 

[numberforty1]

I just saved this entire thread to my computer. I'm not sure how long I will save it for.

 

[Daveoc64]

It is not a lie. The message is stored in their SMS-C exactly until it has been delivered to the recipient. Then it is discarded.

Indeed.

That's the basis of Store and Forward

Carriers generally don't want to keep the messages any longer than they have to - it costs them money and offers them no benefit.