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This is 100% a privacy concern if you're dealing with state level actors.
by least 2y ago
This is 100% a privacy concern if you're dealing with state level actors.
- ale42 2y agoThey can track you with or without the IMEI. Next identifier is the IMSI read from your SIM card and I guess you're not replacing it every day...
- least 2y agoDisclaimer: used to work in SIGINT, so please treat anything I say about this with appropriate skepticism. There are people that for various reasons do cycle out their SIM card frequently as a means to avoid tracking. This is ineffective. Changing the IMEI/discarding devices entirely is more effective.
- ale42 2y agoBut if you change IMEI and use the same SIM card, you're still trackable as if nothing changed, right? The IMSI would be the same. I guess you need to change both at the same time...
- ikekkdcjkfke 2y agoDudes have been driving around with fake base stations, rare, but has happened. Only sent spam sms messages with links but could be expanded with buying data from data brokers. A really serious crime though
- xw38011 2y agoI would think state level actors have enough tools to deal with this issue. If nothing else they could go the old fashioned way and just, you know, follow you.
- least 2y agoIt isn't usually the goal of SIGINT to only collect data about a target's location nor are targets always that easy to follow.