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Re:Build a burner phone with Twilio and Kotlin by softawre on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @12:32PM (#14797861)
It's a common thing in US spy/criminal movies. Basically a throwaway phone number not tied to you that you might give to an informant or use in some other way to stay anonymous.
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Re:Build a burner phone with Twilio and Kotlin by zeep on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @01:29PM (#14798385)
but in this case it is probably tied back to you ... (the credit card used to pay Twilio...) So it is not really a burner phone in the traditional sense
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