Pretend you're on 'The Wire' with this virtual burner phone

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Work, dating, communicating with sketchy people on Craigslist: even if you’re not a shady character, you probably have some activity that you’d like to keep private.

But there’s no reason to use the same phone number for everything and risk losing your anonymity. You need a second phone number that you can easily access from your existing smartphone. That's where the Hushed Private Phone Line comes in.

For a small, one-time fee, Hushed gives you a second phone number that you can access over Wi-Fi or data from their simple, secure app. It gives you up to 3,000 texts or 500 minutes a year and lets you choose from hundreds of area codes across the United States and Canada. It also has all the features you’d expect from a normal cell phone like call forwarding and customizable voicemail.

A lifetime subscription to the Hushed Private Phone Line normally costs $145, but you can get it for just $25, a savings of 82 percent.

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