The messages are stored by the service provider on their servers.
I used to work with law enforcement relations for one of these major service providers. It’s not up to the phone to store anything and you can’t control what their servers store. The only thing that doesn’t get stored is the actual audio from phone calls. The rest of it is stored, for at least seven years. All it takes to retrieve it is a subpoena.
Again, it doesn’t depend on the phone. It depends on the company transmitting the message and storing it as it’s transmitted.
They must be very desperate.
exactly!
this is complete and utter BS.
the phones and the app on them are NOT the engine of storage.
OMG, a secure app works to keep sensitive data OFF the endpoint.
liars gotta lie.
Exactly! Who cares about the device.
Thought so. Geez. Surely they don’t figure they can get away with this crap?