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helipad on Aug 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Burner, for temporary phone numbers

This was the first idea I came up with when I thought about the Twilio API, so I'm glad someone has done it.

I just projected so far down the line that I would have requests from the FBI every day for who was behind particular phone numbers due to nefarious use of temporary phone numbers.

dpritchett on Aug 8, 2012 | [–]

Government information requests are a huge potential revenue stream, up to $1000 a pop:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/04/03/these-a...

ChuckMcM on Aug 8, 2012 | [–]

I would expect that too, but presumably they have already set up a law enforcement liason to handle those requests.

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