Tracking phone numbers can be an extremely challenging or terrifying thought for all of us. Our point of view on this issue is shaped by our personal feelings about it: do we want to track a certain phone number, or protect ourselves from such an eventuality?
It seems that both parties, the ones who are looking forward to discovering new means of tracking phone numbers and the ones who are desperately trying to hide their phone numbers, are equally intrigued by the same question: who can actually track your phone numbers? On the one hand, we have the police, government agencies and other similar organizations with the proper legal authorization to track your phone numbers. On the other hand, we have an entire army of people with various private reasons for tracking the phone numbers of their loved ones, friends or relatives.
We have to emphasize that the situation in this matter is far from being completely certain and regulated. Nowadays, the question of whether or not the police or the government itself can conduct phone number tracking activities without an appropriate warrant has even divided the US Federal Court of Appeals. In addition, the ability of the secret agencies to track your phone number regardless of the fact that your cell phone is turned off has literally become one of the most popular urban legends. We simply cannot ignore the unprecedented number of newly developed applications emerging with the particular purpose of phone tracking.
Without any exaggeration, we can say that almost anyone who has the intention or the proper legal authorization can try to track your phone number. The word “try” had to be added to emphasize the complexity of this issue from both the technical and ethical sides of the story. You can rest assured that if someone is trying to track your phone number, it does not necessarily mean he or she will eventually succeed. On the other hand, you can never be absolutely certain that your phone has not been tracked at one point in time.