Reverse Phone Number Lookup

Privacy is a big issue here in the land of the free and the home of the brave, and privacy concerning cell phone numbers has been tightly guarded. Considering that users of a cell phone often have to pay for every minute of their usage, or sometimes pay per call when their calls exceed a certain number, imagine what a disaster it would be for telemarketers to be able to call everyone on their cell phones! Cell phone users could unwittingly end up paying tons of money for completely unwanted phone calls, or be forced to rely on their voice messaging systems to screen calls for them. Obviously this defeats the purpose of carrying a cell phone f ...Continue Reading

There are several online information services providing reverse phone number lookup. One example is Google Phonebook. This service allows you to look up someone based on their phone number, and the results page gives the address of the person along with links to yahoo maps and Mapquest with directions to the person’s home. Google does provide a way to remove oneself from the Google phonebook. They also mention that removal from the Google phonebook does not remove one’s personal information from the many reverse phone number lookup resources online. Some are not bothered by this feature. Many would argue that their information is availabl ...Continue Reading