How safe is your personal information over a cell phone?
355409
As far as personnall information on a cell phon eit depends on what u mean as far as ur information stored in your cell phone yes it is safe, safe from poeple using your phone the answer is no so that is why u shouldn't let poeple use your phone!
235723
It is NOT safe to give ANY personal info over the Internet. There is the possibility that someone can steal your social-security #'s and use them for illegal "Green-Cards". There is "Identity-Theft". And, most important, never "believe" anyone on the net. The super-nice, cool, guy/girl you've been chatting with for 6 months, could turn out to be a 58 year old child molester from Montana.\n    BE CAREFUL!!!!......good luck!
292926
No.  Well, that's not entirely true.  In some of the new cell phones there are GPS units so that they can track you, but the average 911 communications centre doesn't have the ability to access this.  The most they can do is get your cell phone provider (if they can figure out who that is) to tell them the general area you're located in based on the cell tower(s) that you're using.\n\nThe downside to this is that if you're lost or in serious danger and unable to tell the 911 operator where you are, you're pretty much s.o.l.
374913
Probably won't happen even if you try.  Privacy laws won't let you have the name and if you report it to the cell provider, they'll just pass it on to the authorities (if it's a harassing call).
540561
No -- that information is protected by various Privacy Acts.
598591
PEOPLE ARE SO STUPID!!! (not you)\n\nNo. It is impossible for text to be recovered from a cell phone once it's deleted. Cell phone companies DO NOT keep that information. (At least the company I worked for didn't and I've never heard of such a thing. To me that would be an invasion of privacy.)\n\n5 year cellular agent.
233436
karmacoma isn't right. gps is a must in ALL phones in the US. you can't track the cell phone without using $$$ equipp. you can buy  a call log of a cell phone, but not track it, unless you are fbi, nsa or cia
55575
Not directly, they may be dangerous to your health if you suffer a car accident, because you answered your cell phone.
775465
It depends on what you put in it.  If you provide enough information then you could be identified.  You could also provide misleading information.  On the internet you should never trust the identity of other people. I could be your boss or a co-worker, or your girlfriend the next block over.
205521
Well it's alot safer that's for sure, haha. But not as real. Sometimes it could be cool to do the whole phone and webcam thing, because you can watch the person, but I don't feel it's  as intense as actually having the person there. I think the phone can be cool sometimes too, because you can use your imagination. But nothing's like the real thing.
985119
Whose privacy have they invaded? Not mine. Maybe that's because I don't make phone calls to foreign terrorists. Avoid that & you're safe.
988120
You're right on the money! And those bitching about cell phone tapping should stop and think. Those damn things broadcast over a block of radio frequencies just like walkie-talkies. Anyone with a few bucks and a desire to eavesdrop can buy a scanner and listen in. Marketeers only want your money. The CIA could care less what your wife wants you to bring home from the grocery store after work, but scam artists may be interested in your intimate chat, and they don't need any warrant to listen in.
696461
sorry, that disclaimer wont absolve you of anything. its as solid as a wet paper bag.\n\nhttp://www.snopes.com/legal/privacy.htm
470962
either smash your cell or get protection if they dont have that just blosk em its pretty easy.\nDO NOT PANIC!
544290
Well I think that most of the information that ever body puts up doesn't think at just anybody can read....you put to much personal info...like addresses, where you work, phone numbers,etc....some stalker, enemy or just pain weirdo Knows to much about you.....then you put up pictures that parents, co workers, employers, school admissions people, wives, husbands, girl friends, ex's whatever can see...I think it's OK if your smart enough to use it. BUT MOST OF YOU OUT THERE AREN'T....I know someone who has made up a person, a make believe person and just jacks with people, and they tell you anything.....GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR A**es. BE Careful
42037
IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE SIGNED ON IT MIGHT TELL YOU THAT, OTHERWISE IF NOT THEN SOMEONE IS SIGNING IN AS YOU
1056999
yes. But only by the service provider. Outside the provider, you're safe. But don't worry about being peeped by the service provider, the workers there wouldn't dare or care to peep into your personal life, and make them definitely lose their job and even risk themself into jail.\n\nand a cellphone service provider wouldn't also try to peep on you unless there is serious problem, like the police asked them to peep on a cell number that is suspected to be used by a terorist. Any lower than that, your conversation is safe.