Do you ever wonder what to do when somebody calls your cell phone and hangs up? I ask this question because now that most cell phones do automatic traces on calls, it’s reasonable to think that callers may expect you to know they’ve called. Maybe they expect a call back? What exactly are the new rules of politeness in an era when it’s not just the government who is tracking all your phone calls, but also your own handheld devices?

Find out more in my column this week, where I point out:

In an alternate universe, the National Security Agency’s database of every telephone call made over the past five years in the United States is being used in couples counseling sessions to prove that some guy really did say that mean thing his boyfriend says he said.

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