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I do have one but don’t know here is it in the sea of shit I have.
I still have my first smartphone. It’s from 2011 and the screen is undamaged.
I also still have the extra plugs for the in-ear headphones that came with it.
Laughs in paper clip
Forbidden abortion tool
I found a pencil holder I had in the 1990s. It has these little drawers for erasers and stuff. I was like “oh cool, I can fill the rest of these with my SD cards and USB sticks.”
So, while cleaning my desk looking for those, I found one of these. I was like “I’m pretty sure I had at least 2 of these.” …I found three.
It’s good to finally get some recognition!
I have one… somewhere. Probably in a tiny box, mixed in with my random cables
I hate the random cable drawer, but I’m always pulling shit out of it cause I need something in there.
And that’s why it can never go away. I keep mine in a box in a closet, but it’s accessed multiple times a year. Hell, I just broke it out the other day for a VGA cable
I have dumped like 30 of them into trash recently because I tend to sometimes replace/repair phone parts for people and if you buy a replacement part it comes with this thing.
I keep one on my key ring, never know when you need to pop in a burner sim.
If you’re using a burner SIM in your regular phone then it’s not really a burner SIM.
Fine if you’re just using it to hide your phone number companies, but if you’re hiding from the authorities then it’s the devices IMEI which is going to sell you out I’m afraid.
IMEI’s can be changed. (Which is highly illegal in many jurisdictions) It’s not really worth the effort, I use it for when i need a new phone number for something and don’t want it immediately tied to me commercially. If hiding from the authorities, don’t use unencrypted comms.
They can but I don’t believe the average burner phone user would even know how.
I’m no expert but you would need to flash the firmware for the baseband modem. But then you would need a valid IMEI and then what happens with network collisions if it’s already on the network.
How do you verify you’re actually broadcasting the spoofed IMEI without some hardware to intercept the signals being sent out.
Just seems like a lot of effort when you can just use burner phones and not run the risk. With OPSec you only need to screw up once.
I just put it back in the box when I’m done
I have a stack of boxes in the closet, because I might need them someday
Yupppp; same here.
I think the Librem 5 (may’ve been another phone) came with a hole to attach to a keychain so it’s the only one that I constantly have on me solely because someone thought to design for it.
not whether you have it – it’s whether you know where it is
I have multiple. I keep the phone boxes after I buy a phone. I probably still have them for 3 or even all my 4 smartphones that I’ve owned over the years.
I just tossed several. I have used them rarely but kept up with every one ever
smug look of superiority
Ah Fairphone 5 life
Same here, Sony Xperia
I used to have it between my phone and phone case, but I gave it away to a family member in need as I have something better.
You know those tiny factory default buttons on various hardware? I have a homemade tool in my work backpack specifically for that - The thickest syringe needle my local pharmacy had in store, and I cut the end off. The protective sleeve made it fit perfectly in a pen holder in my work backpack.
