happeningtofry99158 @ happeningtofry99158 @lemmy.world

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thank you very much!

Radio here refers to your mobile (non-wifi) wireless connection, though technically, Wi-Fi is also radio and can be used for triangulation purposes by access points. Technically speaking, any communications method that uses electromagnetic waves is radio, regardless of modulation and data encoding.

I can use WIFI with Airplane mode, is my IMEI being transferred to any place in this situation?

The IMEI is how the cell tower differentiates the individual network participants. It can be compared to a MAC address.

Can you elaborate how it is compared with MAC? What might happen to how cell tower compares IMEI and MAC when I spoof MAC?

Airplane mode should turn everything off (unless you re-enable things like WiFi, but that should still keep the cell radio off)

I can use WIFI with Airplane mode, is my IMEI being transferred to any place in this situation?

thanks @rowinxavier@lemmy.world and @9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world

Short answer: Yes The network can see your IMEI and triangulate your location even though no SIM is installed. and theoretically with airplane mode off no radio is on

thanks a lot my friend

thanks a lot that is a very clear explanation

thanks a lot

can you explain what this option does? What is Force Software Secure Crypto? and what is DRM key management and software-basedwhiteboxcrypto?

Also I'm having a bit trouble understanding how Geto work, would you be so kindly to link a tutorial below? thanks a lot

If I get lost in a building… I ask someone.

what about driving? most of the times the connection isn't good enough to support Navigation when driving.

The main goal here is to keep my device's IMEI number private, so that it appears to the service provider as if my phone has never used cellular data. By hiding the IMEI, the provider won’t be able to associate the device with me when I use it solely on public Wi-Fi such as in a café, or be able to track me with IMEI if my IMEI number is leaked by some service or app that I accidentally used. They might see that a new device is connected, but they won’t be able to identify that it belongs to me.

Now that I think of it twice I think you got a point Solely connecting to WIFI doesn't seem to leak my IMEI number. But I'm not sure what else will except for using SIMs.

I guess I just don't like the idea that a persistent number could be used to identify me.

Though I'm still curious about:

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?

thanks a lot

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?

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?

thanks a lot

for those who have trouble understanding this

1. Passive Tracking (Wi-Fi & Bluetooth Beacons) Your phone constantly searches for nearby Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals. Retailers place Wi-Fi routers or Bluetooth beacons in stores to detect these signals. Each device has a unique MAC address (though modern phones often randomize this to prevent persistent tracking). These devices log when and where a phone is detected, creating a record of customer movement.
2. What They Can Track: When a customer enters or exits the store How long they stay Which areas of the store they visit Repeat visits (if the MAC address isn’t randomized) Whether they've visited other locations (if the same system is deployed across multiple stores)

could you elaborate their difference? what information is send to what servers?

In my opinion WIFI scanning / Bluetooth scanning / Network Location is only used within system and shared with apps inside the profile if given permission. If I use open source maps I can't see how my personal information is going to leak

thanks a lot

MediaDRM is used in bank apps as well, which is hard to avoid

The thing is the Open Source mapping service doesn't seems to work inside buildings. Does enabling those options help with that?

also How is CoMaps compared to osmand and organic maps?

thanks a lot

thanks a lot!