05-24-2023, 11:19 AM
(04-08-2023, 04:34 PM)zetabeta Wrote: in regards to mac addresses of wifi and bluetooth and imei of modem, turning killswitches 1 and 2 terminates mac address and imei totally. usb ethernet dongle could be used for internet.
mac addresses are not usually that big privacy nightmare. if you have spoofed mac addresses, i don't think there is other hardware related problems with wifi and bluetooth. however software may leak something though.
modem chip with sim leaks at least imsi and imei. imei could be changed, but it is ILLEGAL in some jurisdictions, like u.k.. see https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...nging+imei . if mobile services are used then imsi is required. if modem is active without sim card, then i think imei is leaked, because of possible emergency calls.
Thanks !
MAC addresses are only disclosed to the local network, but they clearly are a privacy problem when connecting (or broadcasting) to networks you don't own. Luckily they are easy to spoof.
About the Wifi/Bluetooth chips, I was asking about this issue.
For the part about software, not hardware, Wifi used to be quite talkative... I know that it has improved a little bit, and that there are options in Wifi to be more discreet, don't remember what they are.
IMSI is leaked to the operator, but it's not preventable, and more importantly it's tied to the SIM card right ? So if I make a call/connect to the Net/send a SMS while spoofing IMEI and the MAC address, there's no way I can be identified as the same caller (or the same device) if I change the SIM card later (I mean, if I spoof a different MAC address and IMEI) ?
If I ever need to use a Google or another hostile service, just going through Tor should be enough, right ? They don't have access to my device's MAC, IMSI, IMEI nor wifi signature...