Easier to get a burn phone than outsmart a smartpone
[QUOTE=Heialak;2835992]I use a smartphone but I use a separate account for everything connected to this hobby. Meaning I have a different Gmail account on that account that can't be accessed from my regular account. I also have a few different texting / phone apps like Google voice, Textfree and TextPlus. The same browser, but totally disconnected from my regular account. This keeps it totally private from people I know, but is it as safe as a burner phone. I doubt it. It's almost like having two separate phones, but actually only having one. Any thoughts?[/QUOTE]Smartphones all have some sort of Device-I'd that is requested and accessed by many apps (eg anything Google); so that simple switching of which account you are logged into actually is telling these various apps that you are running around under multiple identities. While it is possible to spoof these IDs or other Unique Identifiers that are used it really isn't worth the time. All broadcasts coming from your phone have this as well as a few other identifiers (eg SIM Card code, IMEI, MeID) being packaged as metadata to the towers.