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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Oh No!!!! Our phones can now be tracked! What new magical technology has been unleashed?
Unless you want to go live with the Amish, digital tracking is here to stay. There are dozens of ways for them to track you. I'm not going to worry about it while there are far more serious violations of our rights happening.
^The voice of reason.^
Except the Amish part. They are as well. A lot of pedes here have been tracked since birth, before we were all attached to phones. Many, many moons ago. Bottom line, there's no getting around it.
And yet...we're winning.
Been tracking us through phones for decades now.
But with the new Telegram discussion, I've seen a lot of people thinking an app alone is the sole tracker. My aim was to dispel the rumors and tell people that the hardware itself can be tracked (as well as anything Google related.)
Wait until you see what they can do with your friends phone across the table, or the liberal guy's phone in the same coffee shop as you.
There are also plenty of ways to cover your tracks online. Just depends how far you want to go. It's a trade off between privacy and convenience. There is also a learning curve and is more difficult if you are not tech savvy.