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Your Mobile Carrier Stores Your Call Logs for Years

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Summary

  • Mobile carriers can retain years of call and text metadata, exposing sensitive details about customers' relationships, locations, and daily routines if breached.

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Last change 6d ago · Recheck overdue since 3 Nov 2026, 15:17 UK time

  1. Story2 Nov 2026, 15:17 UK time · 6d ago

    Linked reporting from BleepingComputer (independent original reporting).

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How we know

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  • ClaimedHeadline60% confidence

    Your Mobile Carrier Stores Your Call Logs for Years

  • ProbableSummary fact75% confidence

    Mobile carriers can retain years of call and text metadata, exposing sensitive details about customers' relationships, locations, and daily routines if breached. Cape examines the privacy risks of long-term telecom data retention and how its mobile service reduces exposure by automatically deleting call records.