Second, the companies behind some of these solutions have a very limited number of phone numbers to use. Some build that limit into their terms of service-they don't want to get sued. The biggest is that you typically can't use them to call 911 for help. There are some drawbacks to these burner apps and services. If you just want the numbers to take calls, all the burner services feature things like voicemail and call forwarding. The services below make a point of displaying a temporary number when you call, so return calls can happen-until you want them to stop. This isn't like using * 67 or #31# before a call, which shows you as Blocked or Unknown. The numbers can even be used to send and receive texts with photos. Thankfully, there are still many ways to get an extra, (possibly) temporary phone number that works with your smartphone (or even on your tablet, since most use some kind of Voice-over-IP system). You already have a nice, expansive iPhone or Android smartphone that can't handle two numbers, but you probably don't want another handset. Worse, dual-SIM phones are hard to come by (the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE and the quasi-smartphone Nokia 6300 4G being recent exceptions). And swapping physical SIM cards to change phone numbers is a pain at best. But eSIM isn't much of an option for a burner-style number. And some new unlocked phones support eSIM standards where the SIM card that identifies you with the carrier is fully integrated and only changeable via remote software.
Might even be handy if you have an extra phone around. Nor do you need to get a new number.įor a second number, you can always get a prepaid SIM card on a cheap carrier if you want to go that route. With a burner, you don't have to block a person (or stalker, shady marketer, or robo-caller) from your permanent phone. The throwing away is the "burning" part, but tossing it is optional, as the owner can "top off" the minutes on a prepaid phone and keep using it. Typically, a burner is a no-contract, prepaid mobile phone, usually an ultra-cheap handset you buy in a store (with cash, for privacy), activate with a call or online, use for a while, then discard.
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