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This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers (www.404media.co)
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[โ€“] XLE@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Currently, the mobile hotspots from Calyx use the T-Mobile network when available, and fall back to using the Sprint network otherwise.

Doesn't this ultimately just make an IMSI available anyway? Or am I missing something here?

[โ€“] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2 points 7 hours ago

It would only expose the IMSI of the hotspot I believe, since that's a SIM card ID, I believe the IMEI would possibly be exposed, but you could also use a VPN to help. It's been a while, but check this out: https://inv.nadeko.net/RyirQOCUUK8?__goaway_challenge=js-refresh&__goaway_id=47dd286e4b20d07c3f900fbb588ada2e&__goaway_referer=https%3A%2F%2Finv.nadeko.net%2F&t=3