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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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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

thank you for the clarification!

changed my device name!

I cannot find any reliable source that says personal hotspot can see the device model connecting to it, would be really great if someone could clarify this here.

But, some wifi access points can detect your device model anyways. My Xfinity gateway will show my Phone’s name and what model of phone I have.

I believe this is true as there is browser plugin for spoofing device model

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