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IMEI concern grapheneOS (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to do here. Yes, if you use a phone as a hotspot, everything going through will be associated with that hotspot phone's IMEI.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    thanks a lot.

    I am trying to keep my device IMEI information private

    May I also ask how much information is carried to the second device by using hotspot? By this I meant the phone with IMEI will be able to know my device name, but what else? Will the phone with IMEI also be able to know the device model?

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