Smartphone users have been cautioned by a US criminal judge that erasing conversations, social media posts, and other data from their phones does not guarantee that the data is lost forever.
In a video, Dallas County, Texas cr!m!n@l judge Judge Kelly warned viewers about the criminal justice system and what people should know before getting involved in a cr!m!n@l case.
The judge took inspiration from her 13.5 years of experience as a prosecutor, where she handled criminal cases, including those involving child abuse.
In her opening remarks, Judge Kelly questioned the notion that erasing data from a phone automatically results in its permanent disappearance.
“Did y’all know that everything on your cell phone is forever ever on your cell phone?” she asked.
She went on to expressly c@ut!on consumers aga!nst erasing data from their devices.
“Did you know that if you delete something from your cell phone, it’s not really deleted?” she said.
The judge stated that even when a user deletes digital material, it may occasionally still be accessible through different records, backups, or other sources.
Judge Kelly reflected on her years as a prosecutor, stating that she had come across circumstances in which digital recordings could be helpful ev!dence in cr!m!n@l investigations.
“I used to be a prosecutor for 13 and a half years and I prosecuted child @bus£rs,” she said.
According to her, investigators might be able to access a variety of digital data, including documents and conversations that users thought they had deleted.
“And when I tell you I could pull anything, I don’t care how long ago it was, I could pull your records, your text messages, your social media posts that you deleted,” she stated.
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