Editing Text messaging (section)

=== Law and crime ===
Text messaging has been a subject of interest for police forces around the world. One of the issues of concern to [[law enforcement]] agencies is the use of [[encryption|encrypted]] text messages. In 2003, a British company developed a program called Fortress SMS which used 128 bit AES [[encryption]] to protect SMS messages.<ref>Fortress SMS technical report</ref> Police have also retrieved deleted text messages to aid them in solving crimes. For example, Swedish police retrieved deleted texts from a cult member who claimed she committed a double murder based on forwarded texts she received.<ref>Robert Burnett; Ylva Hård af Segerstad (8 September 2005). "The SMS murder mystery" in Safety and Security in a Networked World. Balancing Cyber-Rights & Responsibilities, Oxford Internet Institute.</ref> Police in [[Tilburg]], Netherlands, started an SMS alert program, in which they would send a message to ask citizens to be vigilant when a burglar was on the loose or a child was missing in their neighbourhood. Several thieves have been caught and children have been found using the SMS Alerts. The service has been expanding to other cities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2005/12/010856.htm |title=SMS Alert Service for Dutch Police |publisher=textually.org |date=8 December 2005 |access-date=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322025805/http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2005/12/010856.htm |archive-date=22 March 2012 }}</ref> A Malaysian–Australian company has released a multi-layer SMS security program.<ref>CryptoSMS – Crypto for Criminals</ref> Boston police are now turning to text messaging to help stop crime. The Boston Police Department asks citizens to send texts to make anonymous crime tips.<ref>{{cite web|author=Weiss, Todd R. |url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9025159/Boston_police_turn_to_text_messages_to_fight_crime |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109152958/http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9025159/Boston_police_turn_to_text_messages_to_fight_crime |archive-date=9 January 2014 |title=Boston police turn to text messages to fight crime |publisher=Computerworld.com |date=18 June 2007 |access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>

Under some interpretations of [[sharia law]], husbands can divorce their wives by the pronouncement of [[talaq]]. In 2003, a court in Malaysia upheld such a divorce pronouncement which was transmitted via SMS.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3100143.stm|title=Malaysia permits text message divorce|date=27 July 2003|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

The [[Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court]] ruled in 2017 that under the state constitution, police require a [[Search warrant|warrant]] before obtaining access to text messages without consent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/05/05/sjc-text-messages-warrant|title=A Warrant Is Needed To Obtain Text Messages, State High Court Rules|website=www.wbur.org|date=5 May 2017 }}</ref>