And Zipf distributions would suggest that the most frequent transmitters dominated the transmissions.
The numbers stated work out to suspiciously close to a transmission every 30 seconds, which may suggest this is a capture including both routine cell-tower transmissions and texts, with the former dominating the data.
I doubt the accuracy of the story as reported, though whether that's a misstatement in the report or a misunderstanding by the reporter isn't clear.
The federal wiretap with the most intercepts occurred during a narcotics investigation in the Southern District of Texas and resulted in the interception of 9,208,906 messages in 120 days.
XLSX tables with underlying data are provided.
My read is that intercepts are not limited to user-initiated comms, and include automated telco service messaging
The numbers stated work out to suspiciously close to a transmission every 30 seconds, which may suggest this is a capture including both routine cell-tower transmissions and texts, with the former dominating the data.
I doubt the accuracy of the story as reported, though whether that's a misstatement in the report or a misunderstanding by the reporter isn't clear.
The report in question:
https://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/wiretap-report-2...
It states:
The federal wiretap with the most intercepts occurred during a narcotics investigation in the Southern District of Texas and resulted in the interception of 9,208,906 messages in 120 days.
XLSX tables with underlying data are provided.
My read is that intercepts are not limited to user-initiated comms, and include automated telco service messaging