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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You can get pretty close to degoogling your phone on Android. GrapheneOS for one example does not allow any Google processes to run and when you use something from the Play store, it runs it sandboxed with no special permissions given to them.
But, a lot of people don't want to go through that hassle, or if they play mobile games don't want to deal with the performance hit or potential compatibility issues that may inconvenience them.
What this method does: Remove Google telemetries from your phone
What this method does not: Remove telecommunications telemetries. So, the government can still track you through that aspect.
If you want to have a phone, you're going to be tracked in some fashion. But I guess if you're so inclined, it's probably better to fight the government on a Constitutional basis rather than fighting the "muh private company terms of service" BS.
Quick edit: There are also ways permanently prevent apps from tracking you, but I'm not big on sandboxing apps on Android. I don't care so I never went down that road directly. There are more problems than being tracked and it's as inescapable as it is inexcusable.
I really like your post, but if people wont even bother reading an article for their own good, I doubt they are going look at GrapheneOS. 😟
That's ok though. One thing I've learned about this community is there are a lot of tech pedes floating around here, and we'll enjoy it.