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electric_blue68

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42. 😄 ty. Good to know just in case...

Reply to Bucky (Reply #40)

Mon Nov 29, 2021, 12:10 AM

Nov 2021

... when it's safe for me to do some marching again (who knows when that'll be).

🤔 Considering how edgy the police can be I wouldn't take my smart phone to protest and I mean a peaceful protest/march anyway.

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Who among us hasn't purchased burner phones? [View all] gab13by13 Nov 2021 OP

Can't have what ya never heard of. LakeArenal Nov 2021 #1

i didn't know anything about them until i watched "the wire"........... CatWoman Nov 2021 #7

Me too IcyPeas Nov 2021 #22

Lol.. whathehell Nov 2021 #2

You are an idealist, not many of them around nowadays. gab13by13 Nov 2021 #5

Read your responses. Malicious mischief and criminal behaviors Hortensis Nov 2021 #24

Nope. milestogo Nov 2021 #3

Not very smart (just kidding) gab13by13 Nov 2021 #4

The dumb part was that the carrier did not have good coverage in some locations milestogo Nov 2021 #6

I've never seen a burner phone even used ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #8

Your intentions are too admirable, gab13by13 Nov 2021 #10

Smack your mouth. ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #11

Never have Tribetime Nov 2021 #9

I guess I have a burner phone. Midnight Writer Nov 2021 #12

That's exactly what I own. llmart Nov 2021 #29

😄 Off hand I wouldn't even know how to obtain one! electric_blue68 Nov 2021 #13

Here's how you do it Bucky Nov 2021 #40

😄 ty. Good to know just in case... electric_blue68 Nov 2021 #42

Insurrectionists, drug dealers, cheating spouses dalton99a Nov 2021 #14

Campaigns will often purchase a few for volunteers who do not want to use their personal phone LeftInTX Nov 2021 #15

Not me. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2021 #16

I wouldn't even know where to get one GoodRaisin Nov 2021 #17

You'd just buy a cheap prepaid at...Walmart, but you probably Hortensis Nov 2021 #26

Yep as Hortensis said LeftInTX Nov 2021 #27

I have used a phone given to me by a campaign. I didn't request it, it was just GoodRaisin Nov 2021 #33

I'm surprised that they did not request that you use your own phone! LeftInTX Nov 2021 #37

Didn't even come up about who's phone to use. GoodRaisin Nov 2021 #39

Unless they used this as a way to verify that actual calls were made...LOL LeftInTX Nov 2021 #41

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2021 #18

Can't say that I have DFW Nov 2021 #19

Yes Chuuku Davis Nov 2021 #20

I have. TracPhone from one of those dollar stores. (Used a credit card.) Liberal In Texas Nov 2021 #21

Thanx LIT Lucid Dreamer Nov 2021 #31

what are they? samnsara Nov 2021 #23

Prepaid, no-plan phones LeftInTX Nov 2021 #28

how much are these burner phones? orleans Nov 2021 #35

See post #25 LeftInTX Nov 2021 #38

I currently use a Tracfone flip phone. KentuckyWoman Nov 2021 #25

Yep! LeftInTX Nov 2021 #30

I use a "burner" in conjunction with my alias Kaleva Nov 2021 #32

About a half dozen times, but I'm a private eye and worked personal security NightWatcher Nov 2021 #34

For a long time I used prepaid phones because I didn't want to have a monthly bill FakeNoose Nov 2021 #36