Okay, it might seem like I’m just having fun with this. (And I am.) But it seems to me this story from today’s New York Times is illustrative of the trend toward the pervasive use of technology. It’s a story about the trail of text messages that can show up in a courtroom… during a divorce or other legal proceeding.
Implications: Old black-and-white movies gave us that time-honored image of the private detective, working late nights, sleuthing through telephone records, hotel bills and credit card statements to prove “wrong doing.” This story demonstrates just how mainstream text messaging and instant messaging have become.
Speaking of texting—and related matters of risk, law and liability—read more about the issue of text messaging in the NY Times series, “Driven to Distraction.”
Mike Anderson
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