Freep's Mike Wedland writes:
“In all the talk and outrage over government spying in terror investigations, everyone seems to have bypassed something else that really has the potential to violate your privacy.

A company called locatecell.com is selling, to anyone who plunks down $110, your mobile phone records. Think of this. A suspicious employer wondering if you’re looking for work elsewhere or a jealous boyfriend wondering who his girlfriend is talking to or a stalker following your teenaged daughter or a business rival looking for trade secrets or anyone of a thousand other seriously invasive scenarios are possible with this “service.”

The company - one of several that offer such “services” - promises data in one to four hours and guarantees their accuracy. “Give us the cell phone number and we will send you the calls made from the cell phone number,” it promises.

One segment of society that is seriously concerned about this is law enforcement. The Chicago Sun Times says police there have warned undercover officers not to give their cell phone numbers to informants because their safety and the safety of informants could be compromised.

The FBI also is concerned after it paid to buy the records for a special agent’s cell phone and received a trace of all the calls he made within three hours, according to a bulletin distributed by the Chicago Police Dept.”

read the rest of: PC Mike’s e-Journal � Blog Archive � Your mobile phone records are for sale and available to anyone

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