Reverse Phone Lookup

Have you ever looked down at your cell phone at a number you don’t recognize at all? You don’t answer and wait to see if they leave a message. If they do you are in the clear and know who called. If not, you’re now sitting with an unknown number from a mystery caller. Personally, this drives me a bit batty. I like to know whose calling me, even if it was a wrong number, that way I know if I’m missing something important. I just read an article in the Herald Sun that first sparked my interest, then got me really concerned. It’s all about reverse phone lookups online. Essentially you can log on to a specific site and type in any phone number and get the basic personal information about the owner of the number. Pretty helpful if you REALLY need to know who called you. Then I got to thinking… you mean for $39.95 anyone can access my name and location from the internet… not cool. It’s called the phone detective and if you ask me, it’s one service that gives people way too much information. I know that you can Google any land line to get information, and that is scary as it is, but now if you pay for the service, you can get cell phone information as well? I don’t approve.

There are too many freaks and crazies in the world that giving this much power over information is just dangerous. What do you think?

“We’re from the government. We’re here to help”

“Uh…yeah, right.” I know that’s what you’re thinking … just hang with me a minute. It may not be an oxymoron in this case

The Federal Trade Commission has launched a new site designed to help kids learn to protect their privacy, spot frauds and scams, and avoid identity theft. It’s called You Are Here

Read a review and find more info about it here.