Can "company" phone texts be read by management?

APM

Something I've wondered since I've been given my company phone is would my boss be able to get a copy of each text I send/receive?

Its a meteor billphone (nokia 6300)


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Thirdfox

Possibly... but s/he would need exceedingly good legal grounds to do so (and then apply to through the courts via the Gardai). And I'm not sure about whether the actual contents of the message can be read actually...just when you sent messages.

If they didn't...hope they have a good legal team

krudler

the person who is an authorised contact on the account can request a list of numbers that texts were send to alright but as for seeing the messages themselves,doubtful

thebman

I doubt the phone companies store the messages. I'd say they just keep the delivery information.

Rory B

Something I've wondered since I've been given my company phone is would my boss be able to get a copy of each text I send/receive?


They can see time & date of numbers you have texted but not incoming texts or the content!

FergalBoards.ie

I know for a fact that there are security companies that install hidden surveillence software on smartphones that keep a log of texts or bcc them to another number.

This would imply:
1. Text contents are not confidential if your boss would go that far and your phone is capable of having reasonably sophisticated software installed.
2. It must be difficult/impossible to do it by other means.

A-Trak

The company who own the account would be able to request the number a sms was sent to, the time and date and also the amount of characters.

Anything else, such as content, they'll need a court order.

billbond4

All operators are required by law to store ALL !!! text messages that you send (anti-terror laws or something) for a period of 6 months (I think)
But I think the last justice Minister wanted that extended to be a year and half.
So be careful what you send, its been stored so big brother can read them !!!

telecomsman

The current situation with mobile operators is that the a Call Detail Record (CDR) is kept of each SMS sent, this will contain the time-stamp plus the other relevant detiails ie Sender, Recipient etc.
These are the records that are backed up for 6 - 12 months depending on jurisdiction.
With most SMSC software there is a provision to include the message contents in the CDR, historically though due to a number of reasons but mainly due to the fact that they arent necessary in a billing environment, they are not currently included.

As more and more handsets start to use mainstream OS, the possibility of companies having spyware on handsets grows.

Linoge

billbond4 wrote: »

All operators are required by law to store ALL !!! text messages that you send (anti-terror laws or something) for a period of 6 months (I think)
But I think the last justice Minister wanted that extended to be a year and half.
So be careful what you send, its been stored so big brother can read them !!!

Are you sure that you're not confusing that with an episode of Law and Order??

cold_filter

telecomsman wrote: »

The current situation with mobile operators is that the a Call Detail Record (CDR) is kept of each SMS sent, this will contain the time-stamp plus the other relevant detiails ie Sender, Recipient etc.
These are the records that are backed up for 6 - 12 months depending on jurisdiction.
With most SMSC software there is a provision to include the message contents in the CDR, historically though due to a number of reasons but mainly due to the fact that they arent necessary in a billing environment, they are not currently included.

As more and more handsets start to use mainstream OS, the possibility of companies having spyware on handsets grows.

What he said ^^^

Tarakiwa

A record that the SMS was sent is kept ........ the content is NOT!

MiCr0

you should request details on this from your HR group.
it could be possible that your boss could request your handset back at anytime, and then read the messages..