Thanks to "TrapCall," yet another new app for the iPhone, users will no longer have to explain to annoying teenagers that their refrigerator, indeed, is running. For a mere five dollar monthly fee, the application will give iPhone users the names and numbers of blocked numbers that call their phone.
After downloading this application, press the power button on your iPhone twice when receiving a call from an anonymous number. Within seconds, the service will send you the name, phone number and address of the caller via text message.
But that is not all.
The app can also block incoming calls or play an automated message saying that your number has been disconnected, high useful against pranksters, telemarketers... or stalkers.
While this application seems very useful at first glance, I wonder how often I would implement it. I do not think I receive five dollars worth of unwanted calls a month. Further details have not yet been released about the app, but I wonder if you can easily cancel it after one month. That way, I would be able to forever block annoying telemarkters, having no more need for the service.
Also, I wonder how exactly they get so much information about a person just from their blocked phone call. Name, telephone number AND address? It seems a bit excessive. Just a reminder that big brother really always is watching.
For more information, read the original article, Find Out Who's Calling You from a Blank Number, on Gizmodo.com, or watch the video below.
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