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[QUOTE=BitterSweet13;5176961]Fellas, lookin for a little help. Been in the hobby for roughly 7 years, mainly back when backpage was in full swing and I didn't even know that this forum existed. Now older, and a need to be sneakier, I was wondering what you all do about a hobby phone number. I have googled my own phone number and it's amazing what I can find out about myself and family. Can't have that coming around to bite me in the ass. This makes it difficult to find new variety as now I am sticking with a regular girl that I trust and AMPs that don't need to know anything about me. Please, give me some ideas. Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]Next time you buy a cheapo throw-away phone, borrow some chumps phone to activate it and enter NO real information. Use it exclusively to call your escorts, do not answer any calls you do not know, record your voice message greeting to say leave a name and number to add to the contact info and you can answer next time.

This seems obvious.

[QUOTE=BitterSweet13;5176961]Fellas, lookin for a little help. Been in the hobby for roughly 7 years, mainly back when backpage was in full swing and I didn't even know that this forum existed. Now older, and a need to be sneakier, I was wondering what you all do about a hobby phone number. I have googled my own phone number and it's amazing what I can find out about myself and family. Can't have that coming around to bite me in the ass. This makes it difficult to find new variety as now I am sticking with a regular girl that I trust and AMPs that don't need to know anything about me. Please, give me some ideas. Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]You can go to a place like Walgreens and pick up a cheap Android phone with a prepaid SIM from either one of the major mobile phone carriers or one of the minor players like Tracfone, For the one carrier I use, I'm asked for just a ZIP code when I initially register the SIM via keypad entry--from that info they'll issue a phone number with a local area code.

Then you choose a plan: I like one that's $2 per day for unlimited minutes and texts, in which I'm charged only if I place or receive a call or send a text message--there's no charge on days I don't use the phone. I never use any data (as I turn off the cellular data feature on the phone to avoid accidental use), and the phone stays on airplane mode until I need it.

Airtime is bought via a scratch-off card at Walgreens, CVS, etc. , and is loaded via keypad entry. I always pay cash for everything; hope this helps!

As Chicagorfp described you can get a burner phone pretty much anywhere (walgreens, target, walmart, etc). Personally I don't like having an additional physical device to worry about so another option is just using a free VOIP text / calling app like Google Voice, textnow, etc. It's just an app on your existing phone. You get a separate number that you can call and text with. Your real # is completely hidden, texts / calls all go through the app (and the fake #) itself and kept completely separate from the rest of your phone. Easily managed, free, no secondary device to worry about, etc. Been using Google Voice for prob 8 years now and like it better than the other VOIP apps I've tried.

[QUOTE=BitterSweet13;5176961]Fellas, lookin for a little help. Been in the hobby for roughly 7 years, mainly back when backpage was in full swing and I didn't even know that this forum existed. Now older, and a need to be sneakier, I was wondering what you all do about a hobby phone number. I have googled my own phone number and it's amazing what I can find out about myself and family. Can't have that coming around to bite me in the ass. This makes it difficult to find new variety as now I am sticking with a regular girl that I trust and AMPs that don't need to know anything about me. Please, give me some ideas. Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=PauFord;5177381]As Chicagorfp described you can get a burner phone pretty much anywhere (walgreens, target, walmart, etc). Personally I don't like having an additional physical device to worry about so another option is just using a free VOIP text / calling app like Google Voice, textnow, etc. It's just an app on your existing phone. You get a separate number that you can call and text with. Your real # is completely hidden, texts / calls all go through the app (and the fake #) itself and kept completely separate from the rest of your phone. Easily managed, free, no secondary device to worry about, etc. Been using Google Voice for prob 8 years now and like it better than the other VOIP apps I've tried.[/QUOTE]I agree that the text apps have become a better option than a physical burner these days. Only warning since it sounds like discretion is key for the OP is to make sure your App Store or Play Store account isn't set up with any kind of family sharing. If it is, it could quickly be visible to whoever you share with that you're downloading random text apps.

I agree with Pau Ford and FafaFooey below: the VoIP solutions are good options if you don't want to deal with another physical phone, and FafaFooey is right in that caution is needed when it comes to family app sharing.

If do you go the physical route, when the phone's not actively being used you can power it off and stick it in the junk drawer we all probably have that's full of old, outdated devices--I have probably 10 or more ancient smartphones and flip phones in my nightstand, so the mongerphone would just blend in with the rest of them. It's a bit of security through obscurity but might work well enough for your situation.

Also you'd want to use a locking PIN that's different from your regular phone line, and turn off all on-screen notifications so that any inbound text messages won't show up on the lock screen. That last bit of advice is also true if you go with the VoIP solution: ensure that any notifications about Google Voice or the like is kept from appearing on your lock screen.

Last burner I had was a flip phone. Is there an economical path to a burner smart phone? I am too used to voice texting and large screen pictures. I tried google voice from my phone with a burner number and found that most women I contacted would not respond to google voice numbers at all or message me to get back to them from a real phone number.

[QUOTE=Moejoo;5181379]Last burner I had was a flip phone. Is there an economical path to a burner smart phone? I am too used to voice texting and large screen pictures. I tried google voice from my phone with a burner number and found that most women I contacted would not respond to google voice numbers at all or message me to get back to them from a real phone number.[/QUOTE]Economically speaking, a cheap Android will work. You can get one as low as $35 from one of the major carriers. Another option is to use an old iPhone: I had an iPhone 5 that worked for this purpose, and what was nice was it used the same charger as my regular line.

Can you please say which carrier you used, and how long ago this was? I tried with a Verizon phone summer of 2018 or 2019, and it insisted on all sorts of info, even though I was sure I had specified pre-paid.

Also, since it's Android, does it not force setup / use of a Google account?

Regarding Google Voice:

I've been using Google voice for several years, but I'm seeing a much lower response rate from new providers I'm trying to reach, lately, as mentioned by a previous poster. Additionally, calls from one provider mysteriously were sent to voicemail, with no notification of the incoming call, in spite of that caller *not* being blocked. On another ocassion, the whole Google voice account was suspended after a fair amount of negotiations. I got it reinstated, but I'm getting suspicious about the whole thing. And recently it fucked up by refusing to receive verification pics from 2 providers. I could send pics to it from other numbers, not sure what that was about.

Also, like everything else Google, they retain the information forever. I'm sure they scan it, just as they do Gmail. Sometimes it's nice to be able to download all your Google voice activity since the beginning of time, but the fact that they have it isn't so great. I set up a separate Google account for that Google voice number, but I'm sure the separation isn't great, since it exists on the same phone as my normal account.

[QUOTE=Chicagorfp;5177326]You can go to a place like Walgreens and pick up a cheap Android phone with a prepaid SIM from either one of the major mobile phone carriers or one of the minor players like Tracfone, For the one carrier I use, I'm asked for just a ZIP code when I initially register the SIM via keypad entry--from that info they'll issue a phone number with a local area code.
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[QUOTE=GeorgeStark;5183393]Can you please say which carrier you used, and how long ago this was? I tried with a Verizon phone summer of 2018 or 2019, and it insisted on all sorts of info, even though I was sure I had specified pre-paid.[/QUOTE]It was a couple years ago but I walked into a boost store and they gave me a cheap android phone to upgrade the old one I had and when he was settin it up he asked "what name I wanted to use to set it up. " He even said that it only needed a first name and can be made up. Others seem to be talking about the Tracfone types. If you go with the major carriers they want to know everything about you.

[QUOTE=ChezBonobo;5176028]He's a grown man acting like a child. Just point out the ridiculousness of that. Hearing that out loud should be enough for him to recognize he's being a child. At a bare min he'll recognize the immediate onlookers are thinking the same thing. Should be enough for shame for him to backdown. Also very important don't lose control of your emotions. Whoever loses their shit always appears weaker. If you get slugged after that everybody will know you came out on top of that interaction regardless if he knows it or not.[/QUOTE]I have the idiot on ignore. The problem is having to see his idiocy as a repost every time someone replies to him. Just ignore him so no one has to see his idiocy.

[QUOTE=Ump1969;5183533]I have the idiot on ignore. The problem is having to see his idiocy as a repost every time someone replies to him. Just ignore him so no one has to see his idiocy.[/QUOTE]Pot meet kettle!

[QUOTE=Esidia;5184164]Speaking of ECE, they've got a bizarre message up on their home page right now.

[URL]https://www.ecechicago.com/[/URL][/QUOTE]That guy is really out there but the one thing I am sure of is no matter what happens he won't be giving any info to the PoPo.

The guy / ECE is super Pro-Trump, Anti-dems. Nothing to do with the business.

[QUOTE=Esidia;5184164]Speaking of ECE, they've got a bizarre message up on their home page right now.

[URL]https://www.ecechicago.com/[/URL][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=LoveSmallPerky;5183404]It was a couple years ago but I walked into a boost store and they gave me a cheap android phone to upgrade the old one I had and when he was settin it up he asked "what name I wanted to use to set it up. " He even said that it only needed a first name and can be made up. Others seem to be talking about the Tracfone types. If you go with the major carriers they want to know everything about you.[/QUOTE]George Stark: I agree with LoveSmallPerky's assessment below. It's probably best to go with TracFone or one of the other prepaid-only carriers nowadays. The plan I used was for one of the major carriers back in 2019, maybe T-Mobile? But that seems to be no longer available when I hunted for it on their website just now; anyway I've let that account lapse awhile ago due to COVID. Good luck!

[QUOTE=Chicagorfp;5177326]For the one carrier I use, I'm asked for just a ZIP code when I initially register the SIM via keypad entry--from that info they'll issue a phone number with a local area code.[/QUOTE]Would you mind sharing the name of the carrier?

Last Tracfone I bought needed activation from another phone, which is not the best privacy.