| very recently if you suspected your spouse or | | | | Well there are still some ways to obtain info from |
| lover was cheating one way to spy on them | | | | cell phones that are perfectly legal. |
| would be to go online or hire a private investigator | | | | One is a Digital Forensics.if you are the legal |
| and purchase copies of their cell phone bills. That | | | | owner of the phone you can hire investigators like |
| way you could get a complete listing of all the | | | | and have the phone examined forensically. Most |
| incoming and out going calls from their cell phone. | | | | people don't realize it but deleted text messages, |
| It was a great tool for investigators and a very | | | | deleted Caller ID records and deleted address |
| useful resource for victims of infidelity to make | | | | book entries can all be retrieved from a cell |
| an informed decision about their relationships. No | | | | phones or Blackberry and many other hand held |
| one likes to be in the dark about infidelity. | | | | electronic devices. |
| Like all things that can be used for good it was | | | | Or you can give your spouse a gist of a phone |
| open to abuse. For instance the blogsters at | | | | with GPS installed and track their every move. |
| AMERICAblog was able to obtain General Wesley | | | | AccuTracking - Starter Kit - |
| Clark's cell phone records for $89.95. | | | | It's also possible and perfectly legal to do an online |
| Now unless you are Mrs Wesley Clark this is an | | | | search of thousands of personal ads to see if |
| obvious abuse of an investigative tool. Terrorists | | | | your lover's email address is being used for online |
| could have purchased those cell phone records | | | | cheating. Dating Service (infidelity) Assessment |
| and used the information illegally and put the | | | | So like all things Internet the technology moves |
| General, his family and even the nation at risk. | | | | faster than lawmakers. As long as investigators |
| Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat | | | | are responsible and are not making these tools |
| proposed legislation H.R. 4709: Law Enforcement | | | | available to potential terrorists and limiting them to |
| and Phone Privacy Protection Act of 2006, and S. | | | | legitimate investigations we can be safe from |
| 2178: Consumer Telephone Records Protection | | | | terrorist, Identity Theft and Infidelity all at the |
| Act of 2006, both passed committee. so it is | | | | same time. |
| longer possible to legally purchase such | | | | If you decide to hire a professional investigator to |
| information. So now it is illegal to obtain these | | | | perform a forensic examination on a cell phone be |
| records unless you are the actual owner of the | | | | sure the person or company you hire is |
| phone and you can prove it.well this should | | | | recognized as an expert in the field. run a Google |
| protect us from identity thieves and terrorists but | | | | search to see if they are recognized as experts |
| what about the run of the mill soccer mom that | | | | in hand held digital forensics and computer hard |
| suspects her man is out doing her wrong? what | | | | drive examinations. |
| can she do? | | | | |