For months, I have been trying to create an anonymous Google account by using an SMSPool number. However, so far all the numbers I have tried have failed. I’ve only tried 3 or 4 times, so there are still plenty of tries left. Just now, I tried to create an account with the same username that I had …

Assuming you aren’t on stock the only possible way Google could get your information from clicking a link like that is if you’re connected over cellular and your carrier is injecting headers that identify traffic from a given source (eg. Verizon has done this in the past.). So as long as it is a rea…

[image] PurpleDime: I wasn’t even asked for my phone number this time. It says there at the top left that they want to verify info about your device or phone number, then it says below it won’t make the association between your account or phone number. If it smells bad then … [image] Purp…

[image] anon63378630: If you however are on stock, you should assume it could be retroactively linked with whatever metrics/telemetry that device has collected. What do you mean by stock? Are you referring to stock Android vs Graphene OS? The reason I am skeptical is because every time I tri…

[image] TheManWithNoPlan: If it smells bad then … To me, it smells bad because of the reasons I gave above. I believe the only reason they didn’t ask me for my number this time is because I used the same name, username, and DOB, that I tried to register last time to no avail. [image] The…

[image] PurpleDime: all the videos they showed me were specific to my location. If this happened in the TikTok app then it is most probably the result of default country you set on your device.

[image] PurpleDime: I never gave my Discord my number All apps on Android can get your phone number if they have READ_PHONE_STATE (read phone status and identity) permission. There is no prompt for this. [image] falcon: default country Or the MCC/MNC of the SIM. Basically don’t insta…

[image] anon63378630: All apps on Android can get your phone number if they have READ_PHONE_STATE This seems untrue ? Pls site the exact documentation for this in android permission. Phone state does not imply the phone number. It seems to be an Appops permission. Only privileged apps i.e th…

[image] pika: Phone state does not imply the phone number emphasis mine: https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/Manifest.permission#read_phone_state Allows read only access to phone state, including the current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls…

Granted the other things , but this still remains true. I had removed my number at setup stage itself , so it doesn’t fills in when any app asks for it. [image] pika: Also you can actually remove the number from sim card manager settings while setting up a sim card. So not even system apps can …

[image] pika: had removed my number at setup stage care to share this process? In general I suggest just not keeping a SIM in your phone at all.

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