From 949d2c705bc17c8d22ed5e805185669a49c127f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tommy Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 15:42:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Mention disabling Wifi Calling to avoid location tracking (#123) Signed-off-by: Tommy --- content/posts/android/Android Tips.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/posts/android/Android Tips.md b/content/posts/android/Android Tips.md index 1b38e34..16757fa 100644 --- a/content/posts/android/Android Tips.md +++ b/content/posts/android/Android Tips.md @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Depending on the carrier, you may need to enable additional network types for Wi ## Carrier Tracking -Carriers can track your coarse location via cell towers using the IMSI and IMEI broadcasted by your baseband modem. In order to avoid this type of tracking, you have to enable the airplane mode which would disable the baseband modem. +Carriers can track your coarse location via cell towers using the IMSI and IMEI broadcasted by your baseband modem. In order to avoid this type of tracking, you have to enable the airplane mode which would disable the baseband modem. In addition, you will also need to disable Wifi calling to avoid IP based tracking by the carrier, as its connection will not go through your VPN tunnel. I have seen several common suggestions in the privacy community to mitigate this problem which do not actually work: