Security question; Alias cell phone and second email

paulcardoza wrote:
Walter White? Is that you??? :p

Hah! I love it...

Thanks for all the good advice. Google voice makes sense, so I'm doing that. I have a business with my cell number on the web and other places related to work and various clients. If one were to "google" my cell, they'd perhaps know a lot more that I'd prefer. Google voice makes sense.

Also, I participate in "meetups" meetup.com adventure groups, etc. a lot. I've wanted a number I could post (on the internet open forum) and not worry about.

Thanks again. This is helpful.

Walter White? Is that you??? :p

GordonThree wrote:

FrankShore wrote:

GordonThree wrote:
A second phone is often called a BURN PHONE or BURNER ... use a kid or homeless so you're not on video. pay them to buy you one phone and three or four SIM cards (use cash not plastic duh, and wear gloves when you handle the cash.)

You use these phones to make calls you don't want your competition or the government listening in on. Typically the SIM card is single use, since once you make or take a call, if the other side is wired then that wire will move onto your number (SIM). Once you're done, pull the SIM, snap it in half and put in a new SIM, no need to toss the phone itself.

Edit: oh, forgot to include - depending on how serious your competition is, or the level of govt interest in you, it would be wise to buy SIM cards from different stores around town. a single store might buy a batch of 10-20 SIMs at a time from their supplier, and the govt could just put a trap / wire on all those SIMs - it's easy now post 9/11. Buying from different stores around town means they'd need to trap 100s of SIMs which they probably won't do unless they're very interested.

You're kidding, right?

Subject of the post is about security and an "alias" cell phone ... I feel my reply is relevant and useful... maybe a bit to paranoid for a camping related website :)

FrankShore wrote:

GordonThree wrote:
A second phone is often called a BURN PHONE or BURNER ... use a kid or homeless so you're not on video. pay them to buy you one phone and three or four SIM cards (use cash not plastic duh, and wear gloves when you handle the cash.)

You use these phones to make calls you don't want your competition or the government listening in on. Typically the SIM card is single use, since once you make or take a call, if the other side is wired then that wire will move onto your number (SIM). Once you're done, pull the SIM, snap it in half and put in a new SIM, no need to toss the phone itself.

Edit: oh, forgot to include - depending on how serious your competition is, or the level of govt interest in you, it would be wise to buy SIM cards from different stores around town. a single store might buy a batch of 10-20 SIMs at a time from their supplier, and the govt could just put a trap / wire on all those SIMs - it's easy now post 9/11. Buying from different stores around town means they'd need to trap 100s of SIMs which they probably won't do unless they're very interested.

You're kidding, right?

Subject of the post is about security and an "alias" cell phone ... I feel my reply is relevant and useful... maybe a bit to paranoid for a camping related website :)

GordonThree wrote:
A second phone is often called a BURN PHONE or BURNER ... use a kid or homeless so you're not on video. pay them to buy you one phone and three or four SIM cards (use cash not plastic duh, and wear gloves when you handle the cash.)

You use these phones to make calls you don't want your competition or the government listening in on. Typically the SIM card is single use, since once you make or take a call, if the other side is wired then that wire will move onto your number (SIM). Once you're done, pull the SIM, snap it in half and put in a new SIM, no need to toss the phone itself.

Edit: oh, forgot to include - depending on how serious your competition is, or the level of govt interest in you, it would be wise to buy SIM cards from different stores around town. a single store might buy a batch of 10-20 SIMs at a time from their supplier, and the govt could just put a trap / wire on all those SIMs - it's easy now post 9/11. Buying from different stores around town means they'd need to trap 100s of SIMs which they probably won't do unless they're very interested.

You're kidding, right?

I've been using the Free Google Voice from the beginning and have incoming calls forwarded to multiple cell phones on different mobile networks, including to my Voip home phones. In fact, I don't recall most of my assigned phone numbers as I only give out my Google Voice no.

I even set my outgoing caller id on my home Voip to display my Google Voice no. instead of my actual phone number.

But the real power of Google Voice is in its call management capabilities. Which can allow specific callers to ring through. Send those you don't really want to talk with automatically to voice mail. Or send telemarketers to a phone disconnect message.

As for email, you can easily create multiple alias or alternate email addresses in Outlook.com. Incoming emails are forwarded to your primary email which remains hidden from the sender. You can also reply to or send email using the alias email address.

Gmail also allows you to setup multiple email accounts which you can switch between when using webmail. Or just use an email client to easily manage multiple email accounts.

A second phone is often called a BURN PHONE or BURNER ... use a kid or homeless so you're not on video. pay them to buy you one phone and three or four SIM cards (use cash not plastic duh, and wear gloves when you handle the cash.)

You use these phones to make calls you don't want your competition or the government listening in on. Typically the SIM card is single use, since once you make or take a call, if the other side is wired then that wire will move onto your number (SIM). Once you're done, pull the SIM, snap it in half and put in a new SIM, no need to toss the phone itself.

Edit: oh, forgot to include - depending on how serious your competition is, or the level of govt interest in you, it would be wise to buy SIM cards from different stores around town. a single store might buy a batch of 10-20 SIMs at a time from their supplier, and the govt could just put a trap / wire on all those SIMs - it's easy now post 9/11. Buying from different stores around town means they'd need to trap 100s of SIMs which they probably won't do unless they're very interested.

I use a "public" and a "private" email. Only select people get the private and the public is used for everything else such as this forum, Facebook, etc. I just go in and empty the spam periodically on it. I rarely have spam in the private box.

I don't see the need for a second phone number. I have a blocking program on my cell and if I get an unsolicited call, I block it. I have a few whole area codes blocked. If it is a number I don't recognize, I just silence it and let it go to voicemail. I rarely get spam calls any more.

Another disposable email site is YOPmail.com

I have several mail accounts for various purposes. I can also see the benefit of a "public" and separate private phone number. Use the public number for vendors, CG hosts or others that may need to contact you in the near term while keeping your long term phone out of their databases.