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by OrgNet 2508 days ago
proper security has always been "state-of-the-art"
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Even burner phones were a technically state-of-the-art which was a story which underpinned an entire season of a TV show's plotline (and title).

Cellphones became so cheap and widely available you could buy and throw them away efficiently to not get easily tapped and still make enough money, even as a low level drug dealer living in low income neighbourhoods. That wouldn't have been possible years prior.

Burner phones are good for anonymity (if you buy them anonymously), but I don't think that they add any security