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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:30:52 PM EDT
[#1]
I figure it can’t hurt.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:31:46 PM EDT
[#2]
i have a couple burners in the rotation.
if you're really worried about it, buy used or pay a day labor guy to buy it for you. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:33:28 PM EDT
[#3]
I thought about paying cash at a convenience store.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:34:39 PM EDT
[#4]
This is relevant to my interests
Looked at WalMart last week but didn’t find what I was looking for. I don’t need a smarts with data/minutes that expire in 90 days. I just want an old school tracfone that I can use whenever needed. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:35:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:36:19 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I thought about paying cash at a convenience store. You’re still on camera. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:36:40 PM EDT
[#7]
Yeah.. do you cheat on your wife with your family plan?
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:37:33 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You're still on camera. 
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:38:14 PM EDT
[#9]
Is it possible?
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:39:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is it possible? |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:40:16 PM EDT
[#11]
I've used them for work.
My understanding is if you stop putting minutes on it the phone goes dead. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:42:13 PM EDT
[#12]
So can you get one and activate it later?
Cost? |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:49:36 PM EDT
[#13]
In the process of applying for a Telegram account which requires a phone # for verification, I discovered you can install a couple apps on your cell phone that gives you an anonymous virtual phone number. Two apps that I am aware of is Textnow and Burner. Burner requires a subscription. Textnow is free but ad-supported. You have to use the # they assign you regularly or it gets deleted. I can also send/receive texts too.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:50:13 PM EDT
[#14]
Hiding a girlfriend from your wife?
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:52:32 PM EDT
[#15]
My friends that have them call them player phones
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:53:02 PM EDT
[#16]
I would want something that was preactivated. Turn it on, make your call and then trash the phone. I have no idea if this is possible.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:53:37 PM EDT
[#17]
Not today FBI man
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:59:07 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I would want something that was preactivated. Turn it on, make your call and then trash the phone. I have no idea if this is possible. I would like to keep a preloaded one in my wife’s car and one in my car. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:08:29 AM EDT
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not perfect but much harder to track then a normal phone.
buy a prepaid credit card in cash at a convenience store buy a pay as you go cell phone at a different store in cash load phone with prepaid card away from anything that tracks you, like your car or other cell phone leave the phone off and wait at least several days make your calls away from anything that tracks you, like your fitbit, laptop, cellphone or anything else linked to you. trash the phone in a public place before returning to all the other stuff that tracks you. thats about as good as it gets. if you're not dumb and doing something super illegal you'll be pretty hard to track. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 1:53:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I would like to keep a preloaded one in my wife's car and one in my car. Ok, just did a little lookin.... You can get a flip tracfone for $20-30, and a 1 year activation plan for $100 for 400 minutes for talk/text/web... or $125 for 1 year and 1500min, 1500txt, 1.5GB data. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 2:00:34 AM EDT
[#21]
Burner phone, what kind of poors shit is that?
I use a disposable sat phone linked to my personal comms sat. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 2:06:23 AM EDT
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I have a burner phone, it's a TracFone and was $20.
It's actually cheaper to buy 3 month cards for 20 as that adds up to $80 a year. The $100 per year cards didn't seem to have any upside in my situation. It's a flip phone and the battery sucks compared to the old flip phones. Maybe it's just a crap battery but it doesn't last long. I picked this up because I opened a second Venmo account for a group I help out and Venmo requires a real phone number. No google voice. I've toyed around with the idea of buying one for fun just to have a totally anonymous phone. It would take some discipline to make it truly anonymous. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 2:09:25 AM EDT
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My work phone is also my burner phone that kind of stays in my go-bag. If not for that if probably consider buying one of these “burner phones” incase something happen to my actual phone..... a back up would be nice. Good thinking.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 2:13:40 AM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You’re still on camera. And the data for security cameras isn't stored forever. Camera footage takes up hard drive space, and hard drives cost money. The amount of time that a place will keep camera footage before deleting it will vary depending on the store. But they always delete old footage that they haven't been given a reason to save. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 2:15:35 AM EDT
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H2O wireless seems pretty cheap. $.05/min, buy a $10 or $20 card which is good for 90 days. Bring your own phone. Uses ATT network, I have a box of ATT RAZR phones I can use.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 6:30:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I would like to keep a preloaded one in my wife’s car and one in my car. You just defeated the purpose if your cars have GPS. GPS shows position and the cell towers show phone numbers hitting the tower, marry the two and you're compromised. Have your regular cell phone with you and it will be associated with the car and the burner and you have no anonymity, if that's what you're trying to achieve. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 6:46:03 AM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You just defeated the purpose if your cars have GPS. GPS shows position and the cell towers show phone numbers hitting the tower, marry the two and you're compromised. Have your regular cell phone with you and it will be associated with the car and the burner and you have no anonymity, if that's what you're trying to achieve. Unless you are more worried about a phone in an emergency than you are about practicing tradecraft. Op if that’s the case you should be able to get a cheap burner and not buy a card/minutes. iIRC all cell phones will call 911 in the US without any plans or data |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:07:46 AM EDT
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Burner phones are pointless in this day and age. Unless you’re trying to cheat on your wife. They’re no good for going dark.
If you’re designated as a HVT “they” can pick up on any call you make. Texts would be your only lifeline and it’s a thin one. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:09:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You’re still on camera. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I thought about paying cash at a convenience store. You’re still on camera. Luckily we're required to wear masks now. Sunglasses and a hat, and an old jacket you don't otherwise wear, and it's doubtful you could ever be identified from a shitty C store video. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:13:39 AM EDT
[#30]
I think you have to go online and divulge a bunch of information in order to enable a new payg phone.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:15:11 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Burner phone, what kind of poors shit is that? I use a disposable sat phone linked to my personal comms sat. 
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:39:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/23/2021 9:11:10 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You’re still on camera. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I thought about paying cash at a convenience store. You’re still on camera. Wear a mask. Just leave your cell phone at home and park down the street and walk a ways to the store. Pay cash. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 9:39:27 AM EDT
[#34]
Data-mining thread.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:20:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My friends that have them call them player phones |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:32:54 AM EDT
[#36]
I thought they made it so you have to show ID?
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:36:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I thought they made it so you have to show ID? chess, not checkers. 
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:37:36 AM EDT
[#38]
Entire thread is sus
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:40:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You’re still on camera. Yeah, with a mask on. Their tech isn't as good and widespread as tv says. They spend that money on hookers and pedo island. It took em 10 years to find a 7' tall raghead with kidney failure, next to a police station. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:45:01 AM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You just defeated the purpose if your cars have GPS. GPS shows position and the cell towers show phone numbers hitting the tower, marry the two and you're compromised. Have your regular cell phone with you and it will be associated with the car and the burner and you have no anonymity, if that's what you're trying to achieve. Easy to install and RF switch on your GPS antenna. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 11:45:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, with a mask on. Their tech isn't as good and widespread as tv says. They spend that money on hookers and pedo island. It took em 10 years to find a 7' tall raghead with kidney failure, next to a police station. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:01:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, with a mask on. Their tech isn't as good and widespread as tv says. They spend that money on hookers and pedo island. It took em 10 years to find a 7' tall raghead with kidney failure, next to a police station. I saw a bank robbery story on the news with security cam footage. The guy used a piece of duct tape from cheekbone to cheekbone across the bridge of his nose. "Police are asking for help with any leads."
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:04:11 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You’re still on camera. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I thought about paying cash at a convenience store. You’re still on camera. it's still in your pocket beside your normal phone (maybe they will just think your giving piggy back rides to the guy with the burner phone).  |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:04:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: it's still in your pocket beside your normal phone (maybe they will just think your giving piggy back rides to the guy with the burner phone).
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:05:41 PM EDT
[#45]
Most newer vehicles have cellular radios built into them or onstar type stuff.
Ditch the phone... but still tracked by your own car. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:07:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It would take some discipline to make it truly anonymous. this is the part that everyone fails at. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:08:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You’re still on camera. You get plastic surgery after. Probably helps to ditch the car in a lake after the purchase as well. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:12:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You get plastic surgery after. Probably helps to ditch the car in a lake after the purchase as well.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:26:56 PM EDT
[#49]
This is relavent to my interests.
Moreso as a burner for Craigslist/FB marketplace/internet buying and selling deals where I don't want my personal number compromised. I've had my current number for 18+ years and I receive zero spam calls or texts on it to this day. I've worked hard for that! |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:27:44 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This is relavent to my interests. Moreso as a burner for Craigslist/FB marketplace/internet buying and selling deals where I don't want my personal number compromised. I've had my current number for 18+ years and I receive zero spam calls or texts on it to this day. I've worked hard for that! |
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