Most text messages are saved only briefly (AP)
Written on January 28, 2008 – 10:43 am | by
AP - Millions of fingers scurrying over mobile electronic devices probably paused this week as news emerged of a trove of text messages containing flirty and sexually explicit chat between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and a top aide. Even those engaging in more wholesome dialogue would be wise to wonder: Do text messages disappear ? like oral conversations ? or are they permanently logged somewhere for potential retrieval ? like e-mail usually is?
