Cell Phones and Privacy

Pre-paid phones are used in many different situations. A family struggling financially may use prepaid phones to avoid the expensive cell phone bill, a parent may give their child or pre-teen a prepaid phone because they are not very expensive and if they broke or lost the phone it would not be the end of the world. On the other hand, these phones could also be used by criminals who are trying to hide their identity. I believe that pre-paid cellphones should not be taken off the market completely. I believe that these phones are convenient and cheap for families who need them and are helpful to families who want to be able to have on-the-go communication with their younger children but do not have to pay an outrageous cost. On the subject of criminals, I believe that stores should be more careful about who they sell to and should have customers interested in buying a pre-paid phone fill out a form or application. Even though there may be criminals using pre-paid phones, more often than not the users of these phones are people who cannot afford a cell phone bill, younger children, or the elderly and it is not fair to ban these phones from them.