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[–] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 1 year ago (3 children) IMEI is PII permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Is it tied to my real identity? If not it seems to me that it should be sufficient as to serve as a security this phone is legit and not emulated/compromised. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago In the eu, phone numbers by law are tied to state identities. And the phone provider can naturally resolve their sim IDs down to the phone number they are assigned to. Anything related to celltower interactions is PII. permalink fedilink source parent [–] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 1 year ago* Yes it's tied to your identity. That's what PII is. It's also not tied at all to your OS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Is it tied to my real identity? If not it seems to me that it should be sufficient as to serve as a security this phone is legit and not emulated/compromised. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago In the eu, phone numbers by law are tied to state identities. And the phone provider can naturally resolve their sim IDs down to the phone number they are assigned to. Anything related to celltower interactions is PII. permalink fedilink source parent [–] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 1 year ago* Yes it's tied to your identity. That's what PII is. It's also not tied at all to your OS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago In the eu, phone numbers by law are tied to state identities. And the phone provider can naturally resolve their sim IDs down to the phone number they are assigned to. Anything related to celltower interactions is PII. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 1 year ago* Yes it's tied to your identity. That's what PII is. It's also not tied at all to your OS. permalink fedilink source parent