Cell Phone tracking or tracing

I have been getting several phone numbers on my incoming calls to my cell phone. Ive looked up the Area codes and they are all stemming from the Bay Area in California. I called each of them back, and all of them just ring about 6 times then I hear a loud beeping noise. All the numbers are different. Could this be a way to track or trace my phone?

Thank you

 

Be careful how you call those numbers back. There is a scam going around that if you call the number back it is possible to get charged several thousand dollars for the call because it is rerouted to a special number that charges by the second to connect, as much as one hundred dollars a second. I received a letter from my cell company informing me of the scam.

bigc

 

Mine is a prepaid phone. But Im more concerned if it's the police or something like that. Ive not done any illegal activity But the calls are a bit odd.

 

but if you have a wireless number it is vulvenerable but they just can't get any charges put on your phone. At least that is one good point in favor of a prepaid phone

bigc

 

If someone is tracking you I doubt it is the police unless you have anything to hide. However, there is currently a tool available which allows parents to track their children using the interent and their mobile phone. However, this possibility would depend on your age which I do not have to hand.

Jimbob

 

That tool for tracking people by there mobiles is open to anyone no matter what there age. You also have to give your consent for it to work on your phone. Could it not be that a company has got hold of you telephone number and its one of those automated call things were they say you have won something? We always get them at home.

Michael

 

Cell phone tracking is a very possible threat to privacy, and one way to be sure no tracking is occurring is to physically remove the battery from your phone. Just shutting it off will not always work. This could be very inconvenient, and not always possible, but considering the alternative, I would consider it a smart move if such things concern you.

 

This is just another ploy for BIG brother to take away our God given freedom...it's called PRIVACY!

Next will be a chip put in us to make sure that if we get hurt, then the chip will give all our vitals and save us...BS...we will be tracked like dogs, and things are only getting worse.

The sad part is...no body has the balls to stick up for what they beleive in. We let our government do whatever it wants, and it will get worse.

Last time I checked...we live in a democracy, not a dictatorship.

 

From the most recent EFFector list newsletter:

* New Government Excuses for Cell Phone Surveillance

In the Government's response to EFF's amicus brief opposing
the use of your cell phone to track your location, it
supplies a new argument for the court's authority to force
your wireless carrier to turn over this information: the All
Writs Act.

The All Writs Act is a federal law that empowers federal
courts to issue the writs (court orders) that are "necessary
or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and
agreeable to the usages and principles of law." It's a sort
of catch-all law, allowing a court to get assistance from a
third party to execute a prior order of the court, so long as
the assistance required is not overly burdensome and does not
violate the Constitution.

We strongly dispute the Government's view of the breadth and
strength of the All Writs Act as a cell phone surveillance
tool, especially where, as here, Congress has specifically
limited the use of cell site information to track location.
The U.S. Supreme Court has explained, "Where a statute
specifically addresses the particular issue at hand, it is
that authority, and not the All Writs Act, that is
controlling."

But the most interesting part of the Government's response is
what it reveals about the DOJ's expansive use of the All
Writs Act in other cases. Without citation to any cases
supporting the invasive surveillance of credit cards without
probable cause, the Government notes:

Currently, the government routinely applies for and upon a
showing of relevance to an ongoing investigation receives
"hotwatch" orders issued pursuant to the All Writs Act. Such
orders direct a credit card issuer to disclose to law
enforcement each subsequent credit card transaction effected
by a subject of investigation immediately after the issuer
records that transaction.

This is a revelation, and a disturbing one at that, since
these so-called "hotwatch" orders have not been previously
mentioned in court cases, law review articles, or DOJ
materials. While the cell phone tracking case is still
ongoing, our litigation has unveiled yet another step taken
towards the surveillance society.

The All Writs Act should not become the All Surveillance Act.
As the Supreme Court has acknowledged, the Act was only
intended to be a residual authority to issue writs that are
not otherwise covered by statute, but the Act does not
authorize courts to issue ad hoc writs whenever compliance
with statutory procedures appears inconvenient or less
appropriate. It's high time for courts to scale back this
pernicious use of the All Writs Act and help carve out a
future in which we would want to live.

EFF's Amicus Brief:
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/USA_v_PenRegister/

The Government's Response:
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/USA_v_PenRegister/celltracking_govt_reply.pdf

The All Writs Act:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/ts_search.pl?title=28&sec=1651

(All issues of the EFFector list can be found here:

http://www.eff.org/effector/ ). Pete

 

Good ol` George is taking away our rights one day at a time under the guise of 9/11. While bombing Irac to give them freedom...we lose ours. Sad days lay ahead.

 

Due to the fact this thread started with a concern by a poster 9 months ago and valid assistance was rendered....I am taking the liberty to close this thread due to the new direction it has taken. If those that recently posted(today) wish to start another non political type thread Please do so in one of our appropriate Forums and if it's politics another more appropriate site.

Thanks