Dear CNET members, When you text someone, would you care if your wireless provider kept tabs on you, recording details of each text message that you send and saving them for a period of two years or more? Personally I don't care, as my texts are pretty benign. I have nothing to hide. However, my texts and phone calls are private. And unless law enforcement or the powers that be have a good reason to check out my text messages or calls, I'd like for them to remain private. In a post by CNET senior writer Declan Mccullagh, "Cops to Congress: We need logs of Americans' text messages," he reports that currently most wireless carriers store a few days of your text messages in their systems, whereas some carriers don't even bother storing any. But that may all change as many law enforcement agencies across the United States are asking Congress to require all wireless carriers to store all consumer text messages. And in the event that a criminal investigation pops up and those texts are needed, they can be retained and used as evidence. So you ask, what's the big deal? My e-mails are all recorded, my ISP stores what I view online, so what if my text messages are retained -- I'm not doing anything wrong. But what if I told you that every time you picked up the phone to make a call your conversation was recorded -- how would you feel? If the bill passes, I hope that it is implemented fairly and that the texts indeed remain private, unless called upon by law officials. Anyway, enough about how I feel. Give Declan's report a read, and tell us how you feel about this topic. Many CNET members have already chimed in to express their thoughts; now it's your turn! |
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Do you care if all your text messages are all recorded by wireless carriers?
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Do you care if all your text messages are recorded by wireless carriers? Why or why not?
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