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IMEI concern grapheneOS (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 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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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago (8 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.

[–] happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (7 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?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It will know as much data as it would for any other wireless client. MAC address mostly.

[–] happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

thanks a lot! what about device model, is this info also sent?

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