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Burner phones are cheap: As stated below, you can . . .
keystonekid 114 Reviews 181 reads
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buy a burner phone for less than $30 and plans start as low as $19.99 for 90 days of service. I use Tracfone but have used Virgin Mobile in the past. Note: I have never run out of minutes.

B4Slim1851 reads

I called a friend who had lost his phone.  

His new replacement phone didn't have his previous contacts info.

When I called him, his caller ID showed "my handle TER".

This is really worrisome. So much so that I'm using an alias to post this.

Don't want a burner phone, by the way.

Any idea how to remove what is linking my cell number to my TER handle?

B4Slim

Posted By: B4Slim

I called a friend who had lost his phone.  
   
 His new replacement phone didn't have his previous contacts info.  
   
 When I called him, his caller ID showed "my handle TER".  
   
 This is really worrisome. So much so that I'm using an alias to post this.  
   
 Don't want a burner phone, by the way.  
   
 Any idea how to remove what is linking my cell number to my TER handle?  
   
 B4Slim

Being hacked by the Russians.  Call Hillary or the White House and ask what to do.

Crisis25241 reads

It's like the roach motel or receiving mail at an address. One your name checks into a database it doesn't check out.

You were using your actual phone number to hobby? Because yeah, that's a terrible idea.

 
Best thing to do in this case is to get a new number. Your phone carrier can likely facilitate this, just say that you're getting a ton of marketing calls after signing up for stuff online. Piece of cake.

 
Then, after that's done, get a burner phone, or at minimum a burner app on your phone.

It's the cloud. I still have people randomly show up in my phone from years ago and I even have a totally different number. lol!

-- Modified on 5/1/2017 5:17:27 PM

Posted By: TheNudeOpera
Re: It's his iCloud account, and in his contacts, he had you under  
It's the cloud. I still have people randomly show up in my phone from years ago and I even have a totally different number. lol!

-- Modified on 5/1/2017 5:17:27 PM

Sad to say it's true of any non-burner phone you use. Your phone is no different than your computer. You are tracked every step of the way.

Posted By: B4Slim

I called a friend who had lost his phone.  
   
 His new replacement phone didn't have his previous contacts info.  
   
 When I called him, his caller ID showed "my handle TER".  
   
 This is really worrisome. So much so that I'm using an alias to post this.  
   
 Don't want a burner phone, by the way.  
   
 Any idea how to remove what is linking my cell number to my TER handle?  
   
 B4Slim

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