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Are there any known ways to obfuscate cell location data? There are sim addons that can change IMSI to circumvent carrier lock[0], would IMSI obfuscation be a v
by kekebo 8y ago
Are there any known ways to obfuscate cell location data? There are sim addons that can change IMSI to circumvent carrier lock[0], would IMSI obfuscation be a viable option to defend against cell tracking?
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_SIM https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_SIM
- roywiggins 8y agoThe carrier needs to know which cell you're talking to do route calls to your phone, and after that it's just a matter of triangulation to narrow it down. But even without triangulation the company knows what neighborhood you're in, by design.