Question about burner phone

So after reading this post and seeing how tight to keep security for using a burner, I'm kind of stunned. Everyone jokes in the comments about "im not breaking into the white house" and I had the same mentality. So my question is: to use a burner, is it absolutely horrible to use it in home? at work? follow the rule of taking out the battery when not in use, but is it bad to use it at regular places of visit for a small reseller like myself? If i receive a text and am unable to respond quickly that's a customer gone. And leaving my house/job to quickly check my phone every couple hours doesn't seem realistic. An idea would be to set up a window of time that I'm outside the house and I can receive/respond to texts but that screws with the flexibility of contact that I am trying to achieve by having a burner. Thanks for any help!


Comments


[3 Points] None:

iPhone + Signal/TextSecure/Wickr is a pretty good setup if you're a small or medium fishy.

If you're dealing with stuff that can attract federal attention, I'd say a heavily modified and rooted Android phone should do. Run a VPN or SSH Tunnel globally on the phone, and in a sandboxed environment run an OTR Jabber chat client over TOR.

Buy the phone used with an IMEI not previously associated with you, and sign up for a prepaid data plan using fake info.


[1 Points] None:

If you have an iPhone you should be alright because it's encrypted. I use a passphrase instead of a 4 digit passcode, I dont deal with end users but my burner comes into play when needing to communicate with others about drops and things of that nature.


[1 Points] Anti-Hero_AU:

You need at least an open-source e2e encrypted app. Disable cellular (airplane mode) and only send/receive/make voice calls over an encrypted data channel.


[1 Points] globking:

I think he's mainly referring to those who run larger operations.


[1 Points] None:

dude just buy a pre-paid flip phone and a minutes card. pay with cash. now keep it on all the time, anywhere you want, and dont worry about it.

delete your texts ever so often and try to eat the sim card if the cops kick your door in lol.