IMEI explanation from Wikipedia:
News Article: "The Saudi government is hunting down women who flee the country by tracking the IMEI number on their cellphones":
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All phone are tracking devices. Anything that's "smart" is. Perplexing.
well even dumb phones can be used as trackers, it is more difficult to use them to spy on you through activating microphones and cameras though..
Jokes on them i broke the mic and cam ribbon connector. $1900 smart phone now only good for POSTING MEMES
Frens, try these out. I put them on my phones and laptops. They work great and give me a layer of privacy back.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CPRZZJW
Thanks for posting this. I’ve been using some thing with sticky on it. These went to particular are awesome, but I think I’m gonna get a different type. But thank you for posting I greatly appreciate it.
Call me old school, but I just put a tiny piece of tape...
sounds like a gat trick to me!
If you have an Android, use the "sensors off" button.
https://www.lifewire.com/turn-off-android-phone-sensors-5524799
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Theybhave to connect to a cell tower. .
Exactly.
It is that simple.
True but not everyone has access to it,maybe China and the Saudis need something like telegram...
The article literally says they dont. Wtf dude.
Don't trust clowns who right articles.
And thanks for the downvote.
You sure it's not because you're blindly following a narrative?
It’s because you can’t spell.