126
If the FCC Bans Burner Phones, It Could Be a Privacy Nightmare (www.cnet.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] -1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

CMV burner phones were always questionable in their privacy. How do you know the anonymous seller of your burner phone, isn't the government in disguise?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] [S] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    ??? Isn't a burner phone just an ordinary phone you can buy at all of the same places? Who of us is confused about terminology?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Someone got tricked into the gold package by their pot dealer it sounds like. A burner is just a cheap as chips pre-paid phone. You go to walmart or a gas station, pay with cash, the number gets assigned at activation (not in the store) and you top it up with pre-paid cards. Very difficult to figure out who bought what in those situations.

    This person seems to think they have to buy a burner from a shady person in an alley that may or may not be the FBI. It's like if Michael Scott needed a burner phone...

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago

    buy at...places like brick and mortar stores? How would that get you any privacy in the first place? Cameras in the store can identify you. The store could ask you to take your mask and sunglasses off before serving you. And then there's payment tracking. Even cash would have to be laundered before-hand to be safe.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent