To avoid handing over sensitive data, some security experts are recommending a simple solution: travel with a burner phone.

Burner phone companies don’t track personal data, and burners can be purchased with cash—for both the phone and a prepaid plan—so you can walk out of a store and start calling and texting ...

As for how much a burner phone will cost you, that all depends on what you want from the device. Assuming you're not looking for a prepaid smartphone, you can pick one up for as low as $20, but ...

I’m choosing to travel with what’s known as a burner phone because my personal device contains sensitive data that I don’t want others, particularly U.S. border protection officers, to search.

Why it’s called a burner phone. So-called burner phones have been around since the mid-1990s, when the first prepaid mobile phone was awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

It’s cheaper than a normal phone — Burner numbers are often cheaper than regular cell phone plans. You could, in theory, get Wi-Fi at home, get a cheap smartphone, sign up for a burner number ...

Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann used burner phones to lure his victims to their grisly deaths, but the devices also helped police catch him, according to experts.

Heather Segal told CBC News: "To protect yourself, more so now than ever, I think it is a great idea to take a burner phone, to not take your technology, ...