tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331043592059951855.post3047550661136232900..comments2022-03-26T06:57:15.232-07:00Comments on Reverse Cell Phone Lookup | Phone Number Lookup | Reverse Phone Lookup: Are Prepaid Cell Phone Onwers Actually Anonymous?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331043592059951855.post-41218871669440860662012-03-19T17:28:51.140-07:002012-03-19T17:28:51.140-07:00You are correct in that using a prepaid cell phone...You are correct in that using a prepaid cell phone will not protect your anonymity if you enter personal information into a website form which than shares your information.<br /><br />However I don't think this scenario proves that your setup is not anonymous. In fact it was, until you choose to breach that anonymity.<br /><br />I consider it similar to a bank robber robbing a bank wearing a ski mask to conceal his identity, than going up to the bank manager shaking his hand and introducing himself by his full legal name. Can't blame that on the ski mask, it did its job just fine.<br /><br />Also, consider this scenario:<br />- Use a prepaid cellphone which is not linked to your name as your primary phone (or Internet connection)<br />- If you delude yourself into thinking its worth it to enter an online sweepstakes, or are forced to provide a real phone number by a service you can't live without, use a cheap prepaid "throwaway" phone or a Google assigned phone number for these cases. For ease of use the throwaway phone could forward its calls to your primary phone which might compromise your anonymity but would protect your identity by obscuring it (the data mining company would only know your "throwaway number" and would probably need a court order to see that it was just proxy for your primary number.)<br /><br />It seems to me that this would adequately protect your anonymity on your primary cell phone / internet connection while still allowing you to divulge personal information without it being linked to that phone number.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331043592059951855.post-5113473715715878362012-03-15T12:35:55.515-07:002012-03-15T12:35:55.515-07:00I doubt gangsters in movies use their prepaid phon...I doubt gangsters in movies use their prepaid phones to enter sweepstakes or make online purchases using their name and address!<br /><br />If you buy a phone and minutes with cash, and only use it to make calls, it won't end up in a database.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331043592059951855.post-66844120247194905492011-06-23T02:25:47.204-07:002011-06-23T02:25:47.204-07:00Gangsters in movies use such cell phones, so I hav...Gangsters in movies use such cell phones, so I have always thought that it's impossible to trace them... Stupid me :/madisonnoreply@blogger.com