# Burner privacy rating

Second phone number app from Ad Hoc Labs in the United States. Paid subscriptions provide disposable or long-term numbers for calls and texts from a smartphone.

## Summary

Burner scores 16 out of 100 (grade F) on the virtual phone numbers criteria. It meets 1 of 8 criteria: TLS configuration. It partly meets security headers. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.

- Website: https://www.burnerapp.com
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Platforms: Android, iOS
- Home page trackers: Amplitude, Google Analytics, Google Fonts (not scored), Google Tag Manager, Hotjar
- Category: [Virtual phone numbers](https://privacyratings.com/virtual-phone-numbers/)
- Grade: F (16/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The Android app includes Adjust, Amplitude, Braze and Facebook SDKs, and the website loads Google and Hotjar scripts. | https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.adhoclabs.burner/latest/ |
| No ads or data sales | No | Funded by subscriptions, but the policy allows sharing personal data for targeted advertising and lookalike modeling, with an opt-out. | https://www.adhoclabs.co/privacy-policy |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |
| Transparency report | No | No transparency report or government request policy is published. |  |
| Tells users about requests | No | No published policy on notifying users about data requests. |  |
| TLS configuration | Yes | Grade A+ | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=www.burnerapp.com&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | Partial | Grade B (70/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=www.burnerapp.com |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/virtual-phone-numbers/burner/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/virtual-phone-numbers/burner.md