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No SIM? No Problem! (youtu.be)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Very interesting video about the tracking of cellular networks.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

If you've never used that phone with a SIM card, there's no connection between the IMEI and you or your internet traffic. Assuming the phone never pings towers, network operators could only track the location of your phone location over time without you associated. I don't think it's accurate enough to determine where you live to identify you.

A phone without a SIM card hypothetically also shouldn't ping cell towers, but who knows if it does. It should only connect to the cell towers when you make an emergency call.