I was one of the people that received a message, just before 4am ET I received a message from someone I am not on speaking terms with and replied in a fashion one would expect for dealing with such an individual. Yay fun. Someone in another thread in that sub had reported they received a message from their ex calling them babe, and also replied.
My question here is, why is there some server out there that is storing messages from at least 4 carriers from 9 months ago and resending them.
I assumed carriers kept our messages for a certain length of time, and that one or more government agencies might store them indefinitely, but why is some random server out there holding onto messages for 4 major carriers for 9 months and as configured in some way that allows it to resend those messages NINE months later?
Forget the security implications of this, what about people that received messages from a friend/family member/co-worker/loved one that has since died like in the article:
>one person said they received a message from an ex-boyfriend who had died; another received messages from a best friend who is now dead.
Can anyone familiar with this part of the communications industry speculate on why such a thing is even possible or shed some light on just how long these messages might be stored on such servers?