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by cphaynes 1458 days ago
What if you BYOD though? Say a Pixel...straight up Android. I'd assume they just track your data traffic at that point? Either way, it sucks.
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withinboredom 1458 days ago
SIM cards have their own cpu, memory, and OS running on them. So theoretically they can still track your device.
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gruez 1457 days ago
>SIM cards have their own cpu, memory, and OS running on them

That might be the case, but they still rely on the phone to feed it information. I doubt the sim card interface provides a way to send the currently connected wifi network or what apps are installed.

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withinboredom 1457 days ago
No but they can correlate things to a ridiculous amount of resolution. Sure, millions of people hit the Reddit API every day but I can guarantee no other person on earth hits it at exactly the same time as you do, repeatedly.
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