Another question for you guys!

[sholio]

I'm passing along this one from my sister, for something she's writing. She asked me this question, and I didn't know, but I said I could ask on my LJ (DW), so here I am!

I'll just quote her:

"I know that with many voice mail systems you can access them from any phone. I'm assuming this is true for cell voice mail as well. So if you're feeling paranoid, and have ditched your phone, you can still check your voice mail. You're afraid people are tracking your calls, and they can certainly see who has called YOU (even with no phone, the voice mail box would still exist). But could they track your calls INTO your mailbox to check your messages? I'm assuming yes, but I don't really know how that works."

So ... what do you guys think? My experience with cell phones is kind of limited, but I'm not actually sure if you can check it from another phone like you can with an answering machine. But can you? Or could the government or a suitably well-connected extra-governmental entity do it?

Comments

[meansgirl]

I check my cell voicemail from other phones by calling my cell number, pressing pound at the greeting message, then entering my password as prompted. I don't know if or how another person or party would do it, unless they had my password.

[sholio]

Thank you! I'll pass it along. :)

[tessercat]

If they're able to log any calls TO your phone, they likely can log calls you make to your voice mail, because (as previous commenter mentioned) you call your own phone number to check the mail. Could they get in? More than likely. Often cell phones don't require more than a four-digit PIN, which would be easy to crack.

[sholio]

Thank you! I'll pass this info along. :)