Comment Re:Tracfone: choice of privacy lovers & terror (Score 1) 505
Remember those guys who were pulled over in a van in Michigan with 50-something non-activated prepaid cell phones in the back and were arrested under suspicion of being terrorists, etc.? They were Tracphones, one article mentioned, and that they are popular with terrorists because you don't need to identify yourself in order to buy or activate one. I went right out and paid $20 cash for one a couple days later at Target, and it's true!
Nobody at Tracphone or Target knows or cares who I am or where I live. I've added time and minutes since then the same way; the cards are for sale at CVS. For a frequent cell phone user, it would be a more expensive way to go, but for someone who loves privacy, hates being on mailing lists, and uses a cell phone infrequently, it works out just fine. The annual cost is definitely much less than any $39.99/mo plan.
Of course, if you buy the phone on their site, they will have your name, credit card, and shipping address!
Nobody at Tracphone or Target knows or cares who I am or where I live. I've added time and minutes since then the same way; the cards are for sale at CVS. For a frequent cell phone user, it would be a more expensive way to go, but for someone who loves privacy, hates being on mailing lists, and uses a cell phone infrequently, it works out just fine. The annual cost is definitely much less than any $39.99/mo plan.
Of course, if you buy the phone on their site, they will have your name, credit card, and shipping address!
