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- US athletes told to use burner phones at Beijing Winter Olympics https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/22/22896398/winter-olympics-2022-beijing-us-athletes-burner-phones 113 comments worldnews
- Winter Olympics: Athletes advised to use burner phones in Beijing https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-60034013 41 comments technology
- What Is a Burner Phone, and When Should You Use One? https://www.howtogeek.com/712588/what-is-a-burner-phone-and-when-should-you-use-one/ 8 comments privacy
- Six Tips for Using a Burner Phone to Enhance Your Privacy https://spycraft101.com/2020/08/09/six-tips-for-using-a-burner-phone-to-enhance-your-privacy/ 4 comments privacy
- Getting A "Burner Phone" Anonymously In US https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/blxbk4/getting_a_burner_phone_anonymously_in_us/ 8 comments privacy
- Can you trace the identity of someone with a burner phone? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/9tyz7g/can_you_trace_the_identity_of_someone_with_a/ 11 comments privacy
- Where do I find a burner phone in Pisa? https://www.reddit.com/r/italy/comments/8nr8sa/where_do_i_find_a_burner_phone_in_pisa/ 8 comments italy
- Burner Phone Question (Cross Post from r/darknet) https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/6pqw2o/burner_phone_question_cross_post_from_rdarknet/ 3 comments privacy
- In this new age of Protesting - what is the best setup for your burner phone? http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/01/6-tips-for-protesting-safely-and-securely-with-your-phone.html 4 comments privacy
- Using a burner phone - feedback appreciated https://b3rn3d.herokuapp.com/blog/2014/01/22/burner-phone-best-practices/ 4 comments privacy
- A free burner phone service for receiving sms and calls https://tools.nex.li/burner 14 comments privacy
- How to Run a Rogue Government Twitter Account With an Anonymous Email Address and a Burner Phone https://theintercept.com/2017/02/20/how-to-run-a-rogue-government-twitter-account-with-an-anonymous-email-address-and-a-burner-phone/ 6 comments politics
- A bill proposed in congress this week would require that all users provide identification and register prepaid ‘burner’ phones upon purchase. http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/03/25/a-new-bill-seeks-to-kill-anonymous-burner-phones-by-requiring-registration/ 7 comments politics
- House Bill would require identification to purchase a burner phone http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/25/house-bill-cracks-down-on-burner-phones/ 14 comments politics
- House bill wants to crack down on prepaid 'burner' phones http://www.zdnet.com/article/california-lawmaker-wants-to-crack-down-on-pre-paid-burner-phones/ 3 comments privacy
- Burner phones are useless for privacy, according to experts. Who can explain how police surveil burner phones and why they're useless? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/5yamtt/burner_phones_are_useless_for_privacy_according/ 5 comments privacy
- Olympic athletes advised to take burner phone to China as required app has security flaws https://www.newsweek.com/olympic-athletes-advised-take-burner-phone-china-required-app-has-security-flaws-1670557 27 comments worldnews
- What burner phone apps or physical medium do people use nowadays? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/j57qvm/what_burner_phone_apps_or_physical_medium_do/ 4 comments privacy
- Facebook Employees Are So Paranoid They’re Using Burner Phones to Talk to Each Other http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/facebook-employees-unhappy-at-company-amid-scandal.html 5 comments technology
- Facebook Employees Are So Paranoid They’re Using Burner Phones to Talk to Each Other https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/facebook-employees-unhappy-at-company-amid-scandal.html 3 comments technology
- Facebook employees buy burner phones 'to talk s--t' with each other https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-employees-paranoid-burner-phones-2018-12 111 comments technology
- Facebook Employees Are So Paranoid They’re Using Burner Phones to Talk to Each Other http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/facebook-employees-unhappy-at-company-amid-scandal.html 119 comments business
- US Intelligence Agencies To Americans Travelling Abroad: Trust No One, Use Burner Phones, They're All Out To Get You | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160630/00220434867/us-intelligence-agencies-to-americans-travelling-abroad-trust-no-one-use-burner-phones-theyre-all-out-to-get-you.shtml 8 comments technology
- "Burner" phone iPhone app: Disposable phone numbers for voice and texting http://www.byte.com/personal-tech/mobile-applications/burner-disposable-phone-numbers-for-voic/240152806 9 comments technology
- If I'm going to use a burner phone. Do I actually have to discard the phone after using it or is discarding the SIM enough? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/4wxp0x/if_im_going_to_use_a_burner_phone_do_i_actually/ 8 comments privacy
- Facebook Employees Are So Paranoid They’re Using Burner Phones to Communicate http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/facebook-employees-unhappy-at-company-amid-scandal.html 100 comments privacy
- Paris terrorists used burner phones, not encryption, to evade detection http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/paris-terrorist-attacks-burner-phones-not-encryption/ 16 comments privacy
- Paris terrorists used burner phones, not encryption, to evade detection http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/paris-terrorist-attacks-burner-phones-not-encryption/ 12 comments europe
- Trump claims he doesn’t know what burner phones are but used the term three times in lawsuit against niece https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-burner-phones-lawsuit-mary-b2047417.html 936 comments politics
- Jan. 6 Organizers Used Anonymous 'Burner Phones' to Communicate with White House and Trump Family, Sources Say https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jan-6-rally-organizers-trump-white-house-1262122/ 5 comments politics
- my burner phone (swipe elite star ) comes with built-in malware how can I remove it (com. rock.gota ) no root no custom rom https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/l4fkgd/my_burner_phone_swipe_elite_star_comes_with/ 8 comments techsupport
- Bentley bought multiple disposable 'burner' cell phones at Tuscaloosa Best Buy, employees say http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/03/bentley_bought_multiple_dispos.html 7 comments politics
- House Lawmaker Wants to Require Personal Information To Buy A Burner Phone http://gizmodo.com/house-lawmaker-want-to-require-personal-information-to-1767368371 6 comments privacy
- Paris terrorists used burner phones, not encryption, to evade detection - "Everywhere they went, the attackers left behind their throwaway phones." http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/paris-terrorist-attacks-burner-phones-not-encryption/ 1525 comments technology
- [Show Flask] The (very messy) server side of a Twilio burner phone app built off of cookiecutter-flask for CodeDay. https://github.com/kevana/phonedusk-server 3 comments flask
- Ex-Trump adviser claims Trump knew about ‘burner phones’ despite denial over call logs gap | Amb John Bolton says Mr Trump’s claim to not know the slang term for a disposable, untraceable mobile phone is false https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jan-6-phone-log-b2046790.html 83 comments politics
- Tracing Disinformation With Custom Tools, Burner Phones and Encrypted Apps — As the 2020 race heats up, here’s how Matthew Rosenberg, a politics reporter, is preparing for an onslaught of intentional falsehoods. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/technology/personaltech/disinformation-politics-reporting.html 5 comments politics
- Steph Curry on the Colangelo burner account situation: "I walked up to Bob Myers and told him I need to confiscate all his phones... Nah, you want to make sure the NBA is a safe place for everybody." https://streamable.com/e5yzd 147 comments nba
- [SixersAdam] Sorry, Bryan. Got you. Went to “reset password” and tried three of his burners. Every single one has a phone number ending in 91. This is clearly not a coincidence. *note*: I cropped out Colangelo’s email addresses from the picture https://twitter.com/sixersadam/status/1001672950335135745?s=21 625 comments nba