Oddbean new post about login | logout Robert Braxman of BraxMe sells degoogled phones that can have the imei changed to help thwart fingerprinting. But they have tons of ways of get IDs of a person so not sure it's worth the trouble for most cases.
I've never heard of a custom Android ROM allowing IMEI changing. How does this work?
It's not with the rom it's worth the phone he uses. A generic mediatek device you update. Oh it looks like he made a vid recently on how it's a so so privacy and usage issue https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/Imsi-x1:5?r=8r7eBm6hEAxmRgccRJtbAufGg2SSgHdX
I suddenly remembered I have a Doogee S40 Lite somewhere in a large box. Unlike the usual devices I tinker with, this one is Android-based, MT6580. The IMEI editor code there is `*#*#8688#*#*`. Does it make it more privacy-friendly? Heck no. Doogee is notorious for inserting firmware-based trojans/adware in the past, so I still am looking for some alternative ROMs for that one.