| Many years ago, if you wanted to trace a cell | | | | There are even certain privacy laws/acts that |
| phone number, the only way you could do it was | | | | are meant to protect wireless phone user privacy |
| by hiring a private investigator. First you had to | | | | rights! |
| find one who specialized in this kind of work, then | | | | Online reverse cellular phone directories - when it |
| you had to explain the situation, then you had to | | | | comes to mobile numbers, these are your only |
| pay a big chunk of money and then you had to | | | | option. They are specifically made with wireless |
| wait a few days to weeks before you heard | | | | numbers and unlisted numbers (cellular numbers |
| back from him. If you wanted to search a second | | | | are also unlisted, but there are some land |
| number, you had to repeat the cycle. What a | | | | numbers also that are unlisted). They have billions |
| mess! | | | | of records (not an exaggeration, 3-4 records for |
| Private investigators are no more! - at least when | | | | each US citizen makes a billion!) that include the |
| it comes to tracing cell phone numbers. | | | | following information about the wireless phone |
| Technological advancements has made private | | | | owners. |
| detectives obsolete for searching telephone | | | | - Full Name |
| numbers! | | | | - Age |
| Is it the white pages that replaced private eyes? | | | | - Address |
| - not really! White pages only have land numbers. | | | | - Marital Status, Family info |
| It never had wireless numbers. So neither the | | | | - Demographics - average income, home value |
| white nor the yellow pages can help you dig out | | | | etc. |
| owner information about cellular phone owners. | | | | |