alt Hacker NewsSo a pretty transparent way to tie IMEI to someone's identity and track their location under the guise of "finding lost phones" and "checking your phone's authenticity"
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jeroenhd • yesterday at 9:01 PM
That's already the case for most places around the world, unfortunately. Though, this does make the link rather obvious, which is a bit more surprising. Normally shady tracking just happens through a combination of data brokers and leaked databases.
IMEI is already tied to your identity. You need ID to buy a phone or a SIM.