Burner Phones

[njlefty]

I've been looking around for a decent pre-paid phone. The reviews of some of them are not always the best, though, especially the lower priced ones.

Anyone have a recommendation on a basic, fairly decent quality phone and plan?

 

[Bryanpunk]

I have a net 10 phone which I pay $23 a month for the service. Basic text, calls, use WhatsApp, WeChat on it. The only issue I have is that its not much space other than that it does the job well for the price.

 

[Anonajohn]

My burner is a TracFone with prepaid minutes. I got it when they had a 2x promo, so now every time I reload it with minutes, I get double, eg. when I add 120 minutes, I get 240. The phone itself is very basic. The kind where you have to press the number more than once to get the right letter when you're texting. Cheap and compact but no frills on other smartphone functions. No monthly fee. It has "service days"

 

[Chiparlor]

I use Textnow on the old iPhone. All free! Download the Textnow App and follow instructions.

 

[njlefty]

The Tracfone deal looks pretty good. Buy the phone for $18.95 and add minutes as you go.

 

[krideynyc]

I have a net 10 phone which I pay $23 a month for the service.

Curious on that monthly payment part. How do you do it so it's not traced back to you as the owner?

 

[krideynyc]

I use Textnow on the old iPhone. All free! Download the Textnow App and follow instructions.

One thing to remember about any of these Burner Apps is that they know what phone it's installed on. It's just a VoIP app that uses your phone's unique MAC address to route calls. That information can be obtained from the App's Developer's servers with a proper warrant. Making it not as untraceable as you think.

 

[Chiparlor]

@krideynyc Correct

 

[Porkchop]

I use Textnow on the old iPhone. All free! Download the Textnow App and follow instructions.

I second Textnow. Been using it for years. Download the app when I need it, uninstalled when I don’t.

 

[Porkchop]

One thing to remember about any of these Burner Apps is that they know what phone it's installed on. It's just a VoIP app that uses your phone's unique MAC address to route calls. That information can be obtained from the App's Developer's servers with a proper warrant. Making it not as untraceable as you think.

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[Caux]

One thing to remember about any of these Burner Apps is that they know what phone it's installed on. It's just a VoIP app that uses your phone's unique MAC address to route calls. That information can be obtained from the App's Developer's servers with a proper warrant. Making it not as untraceable as you think.

Yes, but then they would have to sit through countless of data to just find a certain conversation. If you aren't on the FBI/CIA shitlist THEN you're in the clear.

 

[topsin20]

The Tracfone deal looks pretty good. Buy the phone for $18.95 and add minutes as you go.

Tracfone for me too. Started with a flip phone that was very annoying to type out texts. Then upgraded to a $40 android phone that works just fine. Much easier. A little pricier in service days but still comes to something like $15/month I think.

To recharge (add minutes, data, and service days), use cash at RiteAid to buy a top-up card.

 

[krideynyc]

Yes, but then they would have to sit through countless of data to just find a certain conversation. If you aren't on the FBI/CIA shitlist THEN you're in the clear.

Chances are if LEO goes through all the trouble of getting a warrant, they just want to know who you are. Because they want to know who the provider was speaking to from the conversations found on her phone. Not so much in the clear in that case.

 

[PickleRick]

Many of the little bodegas in urban areas sell these phones. Just use cash for phone and recharge cards.

 

[Slimm]

Don't you guys have your own credit card that your wife doesn't know about?

 

[PickleRick]

Don't you guys have your own credit card that your wife doesn't know about?

Maybe they don't. I personally don't use a burner. I prefer to pay cash for most things.

 

[Anonajohn]

Don't you guys have your own credit card that your wife doesn't know about?

I was gonna say the same thing.....! Amateurs

 

[krideynyc]

Don't you guys have your own credit card that your wife doesn't know about?

It's not just the wife. It's also the LEO's. Using a CC under your name is defeats the purpose of a burner.

 

[findinit]

I take a burner sim over a burner phone. The problem I ran into with burner phones is they're harder to hide and harder to explain. A sim is more discreet, and if you have a dual sim phone it's very easy to keep hidden.

 

[krideynyc]

I take a burner sim over a burner phone. The problem I ran into with burner phones is they're harder to hide and harder to explain. A sim is more discreet, and if you have a dual sim phone it's very easy to keep hidden.

For discretion and ease of use, just the SIM makes a lot of sense. I have one reservation with using a Dual SIM phone: it has a single IMEI and MAC address. Which means if my burner number is compromised, chances are so is my regular number.