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How does my identity and cell phone number remain anonymous?

April 26, 2017anonymous Cell phone crime crimestoppers identity police remain tips

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How does my identity and cell phone number remain anonymous?

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People provide anonymous information to Crime Stoppers to help police solve crimes. They do so knowing that their identity will never be revealed because Crime Stoppers does not know who they are. As Crime Stoppers programs embrace new technology, it is essential that these strong anonymity protections remain in place. We want you to be 100% assured and feeling safe that your identity will remain anonymous! Today the vast majority of cell phones offer a feature called Short Message Service (SMS) to send and receive short text messages. New technology is now available so that text messages to Crime Stoppers can be received and responded to anonymously. In developing the TipSoft SMS system for Crime Stoppers, Anderson Software, a global leader in secure and anonymous tip management software and web applications, worked closely with a leading Canadian information security expert to build a system capable of two-way SMS communication without revealing the mobile phone number to Crime Stopp