In this day and age is it still possible
to make anonymous phone calls? With the
advent of caller identification on most phones, at the very least, one’s phone
number is typically known to the person he is calling. However, through the use of blocking one’s
number or using an anonymous flip phone, it is still possible to remain
anonymous when calling another person. Further,
it could be argued that simply knowing someone’s phone number does not give you
any identifying information about that person.
This particular issue of how to handle anonymous tips given to the
police was debated on January 21, 2014 and will be decided by the United States
Supreme Court through the case Navarette v. California.
