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Is it safe to put sim card to my new 2nd hand phone? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by 721_bipsty@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I have 2nd hand pixel 8a with grapheneos and i havent putted sim card in it since i have it, in my country i have to have registered sim card, iam afraid of IMEI be linked with sim card and once i put it in im f**ked, the reason i need to put card is to verify bank which need sim card being in device.

I did some research but became dumb from too much information

(sorry for my english :D)

Edit: also i want to be private because of my feature, idk if i wont live in country where propaganda is normal

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[–] who@feddit.org 11 points 3 days ago

If you put a SIM into a phone that has power and cell access, then an association between the SIM and the phone's IMEI will be recorded somewhere.

If your identity is linked to that SIM, then it's only one more step to link your identity to the phone, of course. You'll have to decide for yourself whether that's unsafe for you.