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IMEI concern grapheneOS (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world to c/privacy@programming.dev

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32194340

Is it a good enough solution for IMEI tracking to use an alternative device to provide a hotspot connection?

This approach appears to protect any new device that hasn't inserted a SIM card from being identified.

But I'm not sure how much information is carried to the second device by using hotspot.

Is this a good solution so far? Should I try to spoof IMEI?

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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Spoofing IMEI may be illegal depending on your location. If US it is.

As to your question of hotspotting, I'm interested to learn myself and will be checking this thread later.

[–] happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Spoofing IMEI may be illegal depending on your location. If US it is.

yeah I'm aware of that, in my country it is legal

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well good.

[–] happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

sry about the incorrect syntax in my previous

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

Lol all good I was just fooling around.