At this point the situation is so comical that carrying around a burner phone next to my laptop is suddenly seeming like a rational totally-normal thing to do.

At this point the situation is so comical that carrying around a burner phone next to my laptop is suddenly seeming like a rational totally-normal thing to do. Heh…as soon as I read this I glanced down at the little Nokia dumb phone I have next to my keyboard. $15/mo AT&T 4G prepaid plan exclusively for “when I’m suspicious of whoever I’m about to give a phone number to”. Only ever gets “topped up” when I need to use it, and when it’s not in use it just sits in a drawer.