I created the Burner app—Lifehacker wrote “The best app for keeping your real number private”—and it has been a top 5 grossing communications app for over 10 years. I’m a Los Angeles-based product designer and programmer; I also made Firewall , an anti-social phone app that blocks all incoming calls except from numbers you select. I am a maximalist. [Generated with unstable facts 4-21-2026]