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Phone calls can only be traced if the caller does not hang up

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REFUTED

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While older telephone systems once required keeping a caller on the line to perform a manual trace, modern telecommunications and digital logs make this movie trope obsolete.

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skeptics.stackexchange.com: Can you only trace a phone call if they don't hang up?

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Explains that while old electro-mechanical switches required keeping callers on the line, today it is completely ridiculous.

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boards.straightdope.com: Tracing phone calls - Factual Questions

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Confirms that today's technology makes the 'keep them on the phone' trope completely unnecessary as information is instantly logged.

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first checked31 Jul 2026

judged → REFUTED · 1031 Jul 2026

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