One of the seasons of the popular TV drama The Wire [1] revolved around drug dealers using burner phones for communication, making it really difficult for the p

One of the seasons of the popular TV drama The Wire [1] revolved around drug dealers using burner phones for communication, making it really difficult for the police to wiretap them. So the idea has been out there for quite some time now. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire