Nowadays, anyone who owns a cellphone knows how to send and delete text messages. But are they deleted, and can a private investigator get text messages? The answer may surprise you!
Cell phones today are getting better by the minute. Hundreds of new phones are released, thousands of new apps are released, and many are messaging apps. People download and use these apps every day without caring about who or what tracking features are built into these apps. The most common messaging apps used today are:
People use these apps daily and most people feel comfortable knowing that the apps themselves are tracking their communications. What they don’t always know is that these applications store their communications, so when you delete your communication with someone it’s often stored somewhere within the app or on a server.
Can a private investigator track text messages?
Private investigators are skilled at gathering information, whether using manual surveillance or covert surveillance techniques or digitally extracting data from cell phones and computers. There are many ways a private investigator can track text messagesand here are some examples:
Can a private investigator track my text messages?
If you compose a text message and then don’t send it, it is often saved as a draft. This means it’s stored on your phone and a private investigator can extract that message using advanced cellphone forensics techniques. If you decide you’re going to delete that draft, your phone will probably mark it as “gone,” but the remnants of it still remain on your phone. A private investigator equipped with sophisticated forensic tools and techniques will be able to uncover these documents.
Can I send a private investigator-track text message?
If you send someone a text message there are now two ways a private investigator can track that text message. Your phone will have a trace/track of it and the receiver’s phone will have a trace/track of it. If you decide to delete a text message on your phone, you have no way of knowing or being sure that the person you sent it to will eventually delete it. They may tell you they deleted it, but can you really be sure?
Can a private investigator track text messages I received but deleted?
Again, the private investigator has several digital forensics tools to uncover messages you think you deleted from your phone. And, if you think about it, your phone always has a record of the message. Your phone had to receive the message to display it to you. So, the phone will have a copy of that message, and the private investigator can track/trace this text message.
Can a private investigator track text messages if I reset my phone?
In many cases, they can. Phones are like mini-computers that fit in your hand. Just resetting the phone will scramble your phone data to make it look like a new phone. The data is still on your phone, but recovering the deleted text message will require more advanced digital forensics.
How else can a private investigator track text messages?
Well, a private investigator working with a competent attorney will be able to work with that attorney to obtain text messages from the phone company using a process known as “discovery.” While not all phone carriers release the content of text messages, almost all apps will gladly hand over both sides of a conversation if they receive a subpoena.
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