Phone Trace Race: Difference between revisions

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An essential part of [[The Calls Are Coming From Inside the House]].

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) 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.

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 (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.