Is it a good enough solution for IMEI tracking to use an alternative device to provide a hotspot connection?

This approach appears to protect any new device that hasn’t inserted a SIM card from being identified.

But I’m not sure how much information is carried to the second device by using hotspot.

Is this a good solution so far? Should I try to spoof IMEI?

  • Holeheadou92984@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 month ago

    thanks a lot.

    I am trying to keep my device IMEI information private

    May I also ask how much information is carried to the second device by using hotspot? By this I meant the phone with IMEI will be able to know my device name, but what else? Will the phone with IMEI also be able to know the device model?

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      1 month ago

      I am trying to keep my device IMEI information private

      By replacing it with another not-private one? For what purpose?

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        1 month ago

        using another not-private device is just a temporary solution. In the end I would like to use a portable router that supports MAC/IMEI randomnization

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      1 month ago

      It will know as much data as it would for any other wireless client. MAC address mostly.