Phone Trace Race: Difference between revisions

As technology marches on, this trope has morphed into tracing the computer connection, but the essence remains the same. Is often a source of [[Did Not Do the Research]], since (unless the work is set in the 1960s or earlier) the phone company can use their computer records can (at least supposedly) to tell the cops what numbers called a given phone, and when, even months after the call. Conversely, the relentless march of science has brought new problems – such as Caller ID spoofing and widespread abuse of Voice over IP – which may well mean that the information is falsified in some manner or the call routed through multiple layers to misrepresent its origins.