With all the new technology available to us these days, yes even text messages are traceable, in most cases it has to be done through your cellular phone service provider and they may charge an additional fee or you must have a court order or unless it is needed to assist law enforcement with solving a crime. There is also software available on the market for consumers to purchase to trace text
. messages on their own. Some people fail to realize that data is stored therefore traceable, amazingly even deleted text messages can be retrieved and traced weather sent from a computer or a phone, the SIM card on your phone is a database of sorts and even if damaged information can be retrieved using the Serial Number. So, many people that once were able to harass, stalk, commit fraud and other crimes can now be prosecuted through today's technology and the ability to trace and retrieve messages, emails, text and other digital and data formatted information.
