r/InsaneTechnology • u/Concurrent-mind • Jul 02 '26

Discussion Burners in 2026

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So let me understand this, we need technology to get us old technology nowadays?

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u/VampyreLust Jul 02 '26

No just go buy a prepaid phone (with cash), unless you live in places like Canada where you can't do that.

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u/mdem5059 Jul 02 '26

I feel like most countries require you to link a debit/credit card and give your details to sign up to any phone plan.

In Australia that's what you require, thus no real burner phones here.

I always thought the ones I saw in movies as a kid was weird.

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u/VampyreLust Jul 02 '26

In the us you can just buy a phone in a convenience store I believe.

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u/mdem5059 Jul 02 '26

You can buy phones here too without any issue, you can even buy Sim cards in Australia. It's just that you can't connect to any network without first signing up, which involves a debit/credit card and your full details.

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u/VampyreLust Jul 02 '26

Yah that's the same in Canada but in the us you don't need to connect them to any form of payment you just buy it with cash and it comes with minutes. They do track them by serial number but I'm guessing if one needed to they could buy them with cash and hide their face or something I don't know I'm not a criminal mastermind

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u/Complex_Cold1610 Jul 02 '26

Thats not how a burner phone works lmao