# Secret Service deleted texts around January 6 as part of a "device-replacement" program **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 15, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-deleted-texts-around-january-6-as-part-of-a-device-replacement-program/967977 "2022-07-15T00:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-deleted-texts-around-january-6-as-part-of-a-device-replacement-program/967977/50 "2022-07-16T21:24:52Z")
> [@rejemy](#): > > In my opinion there is a 0% chance any phone carrier has these messages Agreed. But I’m also unconvinced that even if they were POTM (Plain Ol’ Text Messages), the carrier would store the content. Metadata, yes; content, doubtful. And [https://news.law.fordham.edu/jcfl/2016/06/02/cell-phone-forensics-powerful-tools-wielded-by-federal-investigators/](https://news.law.fordham.edu/jcfl/2016/06/02/cell-phone-forensics-powerful-tools-wielded-by-federal-investigators/) supports my belief, FWIW. Archiving my messages without my consent is not legally substantively different from recording my calls without my consent, I suspect. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-deleted-texts-around-january-6-as-part-of-a-device-replacement-program/967977)._