I have had some strange text messages sent to my cell phone via a computer. Is there a way for me to trace them back to the computer that sent them, and maybe find out who sent them?
2006-11-09 08:28:12 · 12 answers · asked by tethergrrl 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Yes they can
2006-11-09 08:30:56 · answer #1 · answered by tyler. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-21 04:53:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not easily. Cell phones do not have that ability. It would take the phone company to do the tracing. And then they could probably only get as fast as the ISP that the sender uses. By law, an ISP can not provide the name of its users without a court order. You would have to involve the police, courts, cell phone company etc to do it. Unless the messages are threatening or otherwise criminal, it is unlikely they will help you. So there is not simple way to trace the messages back to their source.
2006-11-09 08:31:51 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything sent from a computer can be traced.
2006-11-09 19:44:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My advice
get over it
too much of a hasle posibilities are endless
Do you really want to go that far and spend that much time and effort after a text message?
And even if you found who did it what is the resolt of that going to be?
Most likely the will not get arrested.
And is better for you not to know couse you might get in troble with that person
2006-11-09 08:37:54 · answer #5 · answered by ceni40 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything sent by computer can be traced. You don't even have to send anything to be traced. People really need to read the EULA's and understand them before doing ANYTHING on the computer...
2006-11-09 08:38:08 · answer #6 · answered by purplepartygirrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-01-24 09:29:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably can but I think that type of rig is either with the phone company or ' government ' types.
2006-11-09 08:30:10 · answer #8 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF YOU CONTACT YOUR CELL PHONE COMPANY THEY CAN ACTUALLY BLOCK PEOPLE FROM SENDING TEXT MESSAGES FROM WEB SITES!!
2006-11-09 08:36:01 · answer #9 · answered by SWM 38 _4_ YOUNG GF 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes very easily.. You would do that only you have serious issues by lodgling a complaint
2006-11-09 08:30:03 · answer #10 · answered by rockiee80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋