Cell Phones and Privacy

I believe that prepaid cell phones are a good alternative to contract services in the sense that you can terminate the agreement whenever you choose without having cancellation fees.  However, I do believe the government should still have a way to track the information and records that are taking place.  Perhaps an alternative to this (and I'm not sure if it is currently like this) would be to go through a cell phone company in which you must give the number and information of the prepaid cell phone but may be allowed to pay with cash and in advance for services while being able to terminate them just as easily.

 

I think that criminals who are using this as a way around being tracked would be the main focus and purpose of this policy.  Perhaps a survey for current and past users of prepaid cell phones discussing the advantages for it would be helpful in that they would still maintain the ease of prepaid cell phones (whatever that may be) but still be able to track those who are abusing it's purpose.  I do not think they should be banned, just more controlled.  By allowing the option to still exist would make most users happy, yet make the technology a little bit more safe so that illegal activity was going unnoticed.