Cell Phones and Privacy- Assignment 4

     I do not agree with the idea that prepaid cell phones should be banned or controlled by law because people have a right to communication with privacy. I think that prepaid cell phones and pay phones are inventions that are essentially the same concept, so why ban prepaid phones when phone booths were acceptable? Prepaid phones are convenient for people who do not own a credit card, such as a teenager or young adult, since they can easily pay with cash. Another reason why one may use a prepaid cell phone is because it is impossible for a customer to go over their minute plan and therefore pay extra money for a certain month. A prepaid cell phone already has one’s specific plan in place that they paid for and if they use up their minutes, the phone will just stop working and there is no need to pay extra money. Although many argue that these types of cell phones are sometimes used to carry out crimes, criminals have been successful way before this invention so I think the use of these phones for good reasons outweigh the bad in the long run.