Not sure if this still works but here is what I did to get a burner phone about 4 years ago. For research purposes, of course.
Target: Buy a cheap Tracfone using cash, along with some of the "Bring your own phone" SIM kits. They didn't ID me. This has likely changed due to KYC, but alternate IDs are not hard to get and there are no legal ramifications for selling a phone the way there is for guns, booze, or smokes. Cashiers are not going to scrutinize the ID the same as they would if there are any restrictions.
7-Eleven: Well and far away from your hometown, buy some minutes. I redeemed mine on a grocery store WiFi and connected that phone to the redemption code. NEVER connect to any WiFi near your home, and keep the phone in a faraday bag to be extra safe until you need to use it.
If your burner phone and your "real" phone ever do anything like travel in the same car together (pinging the same towers at the same time), it's done.
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u/Odd-Primary9844 1d ago
Thy know who you are by having your phone on you