[Elsie]

Prepaid phones provide better privacy than phones from carriers.

In comparison, a burner provides superior privacy.

However, in light of recent leaks on the US government’s domestic spying program,

it appears that burners can be legally traced. It’s just a lot more difficult.

 

 https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/sick-of-the-nsa-tracking-you-burn-them-with-a-burner-phone/

[MayflowerMadam]

“...it appears that burners can be legally traced. It’s just a lot more difficult.”

Watch an evening of Investigation Discovery and you learn that if the cops want to find the owner of a burner phone, they do it.