Burner/Throw Phone?

[The Night Rider]

I have an alarm clock next to my bed. I bought my first new vehicle in 1982. Every vehicle I've owned since then has had a clock inside, either on the dash or on the radio display or both. during the late 70s, 80s, 90s and into the 2000s virtually every bank I drove past had a time and temp sign out by the road. Every inside job I've held has had a clock on the wall. For as long as I can remember, my cablevision converter box has a clock on it. Every microwave oven I've owned since around 1988 has had a clock built in. Every kitchen range I've owned since around 1988 has had a working clock on it. Fast forward to the computer era, every computer monitor I've sat in front of has had a clock visible in the display. Every cellphone I've ever owned has displayed the time. In short, I can see a clock from virtually anywhere I am standing, sitting or working. I personally haven't owned or worn a watch in at least 4 decades.

The day I retired I put my watch in a tray on my dresser and it's been there since.

 

[Tenncvol]

Worked two years in NYC and carried a "NY wallet" filled with small bills, a fake ID, and used up gift cards cards that looked like credit cards. To fool an observant crook, I actually used the wallet when paying cash. This was done at the recommendation of the NewYorkers I worked with. Fortunately never had to give it up.

Phone: At another city, I carelessly lost my iPhone but was able to locate it on a map using the "find my phone" feature in my laptop. Using Google street view, I saw the iPhone was in a rough looking neighborhood. Using the same feature, I remotely wiped all my data from that phone and made a claim against the insurance I carried. I think the deductable was $400 and Verizon helped me get the data into the new one.

 

[tactikel]

They want your phone so you can’t call 911. Tricking a ‘jacker with a dummy wallet or phone could easily get you shot.
Heck they might just shoot you anyways. I never venture into Chicago without a weapon. Am street aware, and I’m still very hesitant to cross into Cook County.

 

[TRX]

I have a TON of stuff (financial, security, family privacy, etc.) on or connected to my phone.

That's your primary problem.

Just because it's convenient doesn't mean it's a good idea.

 

[skfullen]

I keep a burner, flip TracFone and pay $99 for a year of service and 1,200 minutes - which rolls over. It's on a different network than my primary cell.
I live remotely and keep it for the times I lose, damage, destroy (or the dog eats - yes, it happened) my "smart" phone. Hint, don't eat fried chicken, use your phone, then go inside while leaving your phone on the porch with an 80# Rhodesian!
With the flip phone, I have a way to contact/notify people who might be concerned about me when I don't stay in contact.

 

[DeepSouth]

I work with a few guys that carry a burner phone, mostly the one their wife knows about then the one she doesn’t know about…. Frequently carried in a sock or left in a vehicle.
If you get a second phone, make sure your wife knows.

My phone is backed up so if it goes I’m really only out enough cash to buy another one, no big deal.

 

[skfullen]

I don't keep a "burner" to hide anything from anyone. I live 40 miles from town and the last time my dog ate my phone it was on a long Fed holiday weekend when everything was closed for two days. Nothing gets relatives more cagey than when the "old man in the woods" doesn't respond for two days
I suppose when the deputy showed up at my place , he expected to recover a body.

 

[Blue Jays]

From a Strategies, Tactics, and Training perspective the classic flip phones were superior in many ways.
Open phone and it…WORKED! I can imagine the hours of my life wasted fighting the thumbprint reader.

 

[PzGren]

A car jacking that happened this year in Dallas, had the car owner drop his phone behind the passenger seat at gun point. He flagged a car down and called his wife, who tracked the car and gave police the location of the stolen car. DPD found the car with the car jacker in it less than an hour later.