[everdrive]

The other thing to consider is that a burner phone will look quite suspicious.

[tzs]

Say that you take a burner when traveling abroad because you don't trust foreign governments to accord you the same civil rights protections against unreasonable searches that the United States does.

[jeltz]

They are just cheap smartphones these days. Do they really profile people because their smartphones look too cheap?

[max76]

Sometimes? If I see a person in their 20s or 30s that have other status items (expensive clothes/accessories) but a $50 smartphone I assume something isn't quite right.