Do you think Collecting our phone records sure beats collecting our remains?
541355
If a terrorist is having contact with my neighbors or my local business man I would like to know.  We have had two 911 involved persons arrested in our area.  The safety of ALL Americans regardless of  color is the reason for collecting the phone records!!!!!!\n\nSo I say yes they are.\n\nJust for the record:  Our service persons deserve any and all ways of collecting information if it means they come home alive!!!!\n\nI didn't vote for either Bush....
652400
Yes, because I'm not a criminal so they have no right to collect data on me.  They don't need to listen in on things to know details of my life.  They can figure out easily how often I call my doctor, how often bill collectors call me, how often I stay in touch with family and where they are, what products I purchase via phone, how often I order pizza, and whether or not I cheat on my wife.  \n\nI don't want some geek sitting in a control room somewhere figuring that out, its just creepy...and unconstitutional...and "1984".  Please place me on the "Do Not Monitor" list, thanks.
569454
There's not much point tracing a cell-phone call that happened in the past...  since the phone will have moved.\n\nContrary to what you see on TV, it's very hard to locate a cell-phone signal any more accurately than "somewhere in this area" - where "this area" might be a county wide.\n\nSOME cellphones do include a GPS option, but that's usually the expensive ones, and it's a user option whether or not the data is transmitted.  Some companies use it to keep track of their vehicles on the road, for instance, but they set it up that way..  if the user chooses not to send GPS data, you can't "force" it\n\nIf this is just for your convenience, it's probably not worth it.  If there are legal or criminal issues involved, you'd need to talk to the proper authorities - but even the phone companies are notoriously reluctant to co-operate in trying to track a phone -  my wife works in communications for our county police force here in Florida, and they have to go and wake up a judge before any of the local cellphone companies will do much..  for obvious reasons.\n\nThey usually have to resort to "look out the widow, what can you see?"
220998
I'd say no.  They could look up their own phone bills to see if they called you.
153559
No.  Mobile numbers, and the private information of the people who own them, in the U.S. are still pretty heavily protected.
1171612
no.  in the long run, it would be better to have evidence than to also get the crap beaten out of yourself and probably arrested.
138538
In general, absolutely.  But like any evidence it needs to be authenticated, and it will be excluded if it is not relevant (or if it contains hearsay, or is more prejudicial than probative, etc.)  It may also be excluded in a criminal case if it is a police recording obtained wwithout a warrant.
1049695
Do you actually think that you can find celebrity phone numbers on the internet?  Maybe occasionally when a phone is stolen, etc. but other than that, I doubt it.
356162
UM... IS THERE ANYWAY U CAN RETRIVE IT?? I WOULDNT THINK SO
166162
I don't believe that records can be destroyed they are transfered to microfil or microfish and kept in storage. I believe that families can request them for family medical history.
193829
If I recall correctly, most phone companies have records of this sort.  You can use their records to obtain this information.
886530
Yes, and they are not on their own. There are over 2 million people in Britain who have their phones tapped and everyone has their e-mail intercepted. \nDon't think for one minute this has anything to do with the destruction of the twin towers, phones have been tapped for decades it is one of the penalties of living in a former colonial power but the sad point is those who govern us still think we are. \n\nIt is costing us billions but never mind don't worry about it go out and get drunk or play bingo and maybe the grey suited nit wits will one day go away and leave us all in peace.
950912
That's not an easy question and probably won't have a definitive answer.\nI thoroughly enjoy some aspects of life in America and the world.\nknowledge and information are abundant and easily accessible.\n\nWe can see and understand far more now than we could decades ago.\n\nOn the other hand, there are many things that we have lost over time. I believe it has been said that our technology has out-paced our ethics or morality.\n\nA handshake used to be worth something. We actually new and talked to our neighbors. And most telling of all, we could walk and drive and generally function without a cell phone growing out of our ears.\n\nDo I like how America is right now, mmmm, hmmm yes and no.\n\nBy the way, I'm a baby boomer.
30404
You could search for death records if that is a posibility.
740459
Indeed, they will download a map of every cell in every country you have recently visited. As well as all your ATM visits, and every time your car's license plate has been recorded by CCTV (in a participating system). \n\nYou have no privacy. Nor does your ghost.
562299
Not having a record, I can only guess. If I did have a record, I would try to get rid of it. Having to explain something I did once every single tine I applied for a job would be embarrassing. Its nice to not have a record that needs expunging.
410801
Things that exist leave material records. The question is whether or not you trust the sorts of records on offer. And I don't trust them. What would settle the question is the same sorts of things that settle it on other animals? Did T Rex exist? Here's the bones. Is there a cheetah in these woods? Here's the scat and hair, here's the den, here's the impression of it's teeth on a kill....\n\nSo, you get the picture. As long as a thing cannot be shown to exist with believable evidence it is considered to not exist yet. Should we keep looking? Sure. Why not? A walk in the woods is good for the digestion. But save the opinion making until there is clear and convincing evidence.