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Wait did he seriously say IMEIs can’t be changed? Surely he knows better: they definitely can. It’s not easy, but it’s doable. Or was, a decade ago at least.



Here's a transcript[0]:

>Edward Snowden: (02:26:27) They’re two globally unique identifiers that only exist anywhere in the world in one place. This makes your phone different than all the other phones. The IMEI is burned into the handset of your phone. No matter what SIM card you change to, it’s always going to be the same and it’s always going to be telling the phone network. It’s this physical handset.

[0]: https://www.rev.com/blog/joe-rogan-edward-snowden-podcast-in...




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