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i’m a bit confused: why is it third party? would it not be second party that you’re in some kind of data-sharing relationship/agreement?

edit: i might just be using english wrong lol

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It’s stored communications data held by a third party to the communication. In the case of email, you have sender, receiver, and Gmail. In the case of SMS, you have sender, receiver, and Verizon.

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