| Do you remember the time when Caller ID did not | | | | trying to muster the confidence to call a crush for a |
| exist? A time when if you missed a phone call and the | | | | potential date gets cold feet and hangs up after one |
| caller did not leave a message you were left | | | | ring. That call used to be anonymous and no one was |
| wondering who called or you were not even aware of | | | | the wiser. Not anymore. Now the person called can |
| the call at all? Those times can seem like quite a | | | | find the call on caller id and do a phone trace online. |
| distant memory now. It's amazing how dialing a phone | | | | They will quickly know the name of the person |
| number is not really an anonymous action any more. | | | | registered to that number. |
| Now that Caller ID is so prevalent whenever you call | | | | If it is a cell phone, then the poor teenager is proudly on |
| someone they will generally know what phone number | | | | record as the owner. If it is a land line, then the |
| tried to reach them. Even more amazing than that is | | | | teenager's parent's name will probably be returned. |
| the fact that because of phone tracing abilities not only | | | | Either way there is a very good chance that the |
| will they know what number you called from, but they | | | | caller's identity will be known. |
| can also go online and find out exactly who called | | | | Of course the caller's reason for calling won't be |
| them by performing a reverse search on your cell | | | | known, but that probably won't matter. The mere fact |
| phone (or land line) telephone number. There is very | | | | that the call was made and that the person hung up |
| little chance that your innocent call will ever be | | | | will be grounds enough for some sort of |
| anonymous again. | | | | embarrassment. Phone traces have definitely changed |
| That's bad news for those scared teenagers who in | | | | the way that everyone thinks about phone calls. |