Here's another snip, which might help clarify:
"The biggest difference in retention surrounds so-called cell-site data. That is information detailing a phones movement history via its connections to mobile phone towers while it's traveling.
Verizon keeps that data on a one-year rolling basis; T-Mobile for a year or more; Sprint up to two years, and AT&T indefinitely, from July 2008.
The document also includes retention policies for Nextel and Virgin Mobile. They have been folded into the Sprint network."
ETA: There's no doubt Verizon storing the content of text messages for 5 days helps if the person they're investigating is a treasure trove of information and a missed opportunity if they're not. I didn't quote the entire article in order to remain within TOS. There are still unaddressed issues in reading the memo itself :moo: because it leaves the reader to interpret the context, to an extent.
This was revealed in 2011, so I'm still trying to find out whether or not the. SCOTUS ruling mentioned JS had any bearing on the policies. Then again, even if it did, would we know about it is a valid question.....
Hope this helps....
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I didn't express myself last night properly...too tired...and mentioned pings when I meant to talk about IP information. I am not at all well versed in this stuff, but doesn't IP information (which TM doesn't retain at all) tell what device was used and where is was used? Thanks for trying to clarify this for me...it's very interesting, and could be very important in telling us what info LE may nor may not be privy to, IMO.