Project - Virtual phone numbers for privacy
Burner gives people a second phone number in the US, Canada, and UK with call forwarding, SMS, and recording. No extra device, no app.
- Project
- Burner
- Year
- Type
- Platform development
Overview
Handing out your phone number is part of everyday life: online listings, dating apps, contractors, side projects. Once it's out there, you can't take it back. Burner gives you a second, real phone number for as little as $1/mo. Calls and texts forward to your normal phone, recordings are saved against the number, and when you're done with it, you release it.
I built the platform from scratch. You sign in, browse available numbers in the US, Canada and UK, and have one set up in seconds. Incoming calls forward straight to your phone, texts land in a simple inbox, and an admin console covers usage and billing. Behind that, I wired up the telephony provider for number provisioning and call and SMS routing, Stripe for metered billing, and a background worker for jobs like recording and transcription.
There's no app to install, no extra device and no contract. Your main number stays private.
What I built
- Telephony integration
- Call & SMS routing
- Recording & transcription
- Stripe metered billing
- Usage dashboard
- Multi-region numbers