Did you know that there is in the United States a single site that you can go to and search cellphone numbers and who belongs to them?

Me neither, at least until I was searching for something on a related post I am working on for which I was searching for the number of cellphones in Canada. The search lead me to an interesting article by Gary Thompson that was originally written in April 2008.

In the post Gary talked about the fact that he had discovered that there was a national cell phone number registry where you can look up cellphone numbers and from there access public and vital records.

Whaat I found even more interesting than this was the fact that the registry, the National Cell Phone Registry, is run by Complete Investigation Service which proclaims

CIS Worldwide Online gives you instant access to the world’s largest database of public and private records from around the world conveniently at your fingertips.

The cellphone registry is only a portion of their services being offered

• Cell Phone Registry – Lookup someone’s cell phone number with North America’s largest cell phone number directory and reverse cell phone lookup.
• County Registry – Search county, state, and national public records online.
• Person Reports – Get instant background checks and locate lost people.
• Public Divorce Records – Search national public divorce records database.
• Public Marriage Records – Search public marriage records and marriage licenses.
• Search Birth Record – Search birth records and access public life records.
• Search Death Record – Search death records through national public records.
• Unclaimed Money USA – Find unclaimed money in the United States that you are entitled to recieve.

Just out of curiosity I plugged in my name which being a Canadian citizen shouldn’t show much however it seems that my name may be more popular than I thought

So obviously the next question was – what do they know about all these different versions of me? Well that will cost money it seems

While I am not overly surprised that there is indeed a national cellphone number registry what bothers me is that it is owned by a private company and connected to other databases that have our personal information being made available so easily.

It seems that everyone from Facebook to private investigation firms are making money off of our information – everyone but us that is.

Why is a P.I. firm controlling a nation cellphone number registry? is a post from: The Inquisitr

Some gifts are cool.

Some are downright fantastic.

Some are stupid.

And then you have the Razor Phone and I don’t mean the newest offering from Motorola either. No this one is an actual functioning razor and cellphone combination out of Japan.

What really had me do a double take was the main ad image for this ‘thing’. Damn if the mash-up doesn’t resemble a certain famous lady’s man blogger from over the big pond.

That aside I’m warning you Santa – this thing shows up under our tree in the morning – you and I are done for good.

hat tip to DVICE

No this Razor phone isn’t from Motorola is a post from: The Inquisitr

Very clever, just watch it. Not suitable for small children

Cellphone In A Microwave is a post from: The Inquisitr