Your phone sends its device ID (called IMEI) to the network provider with every connection.
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Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 months ago
Why would you burn the phone anyway? Isn’t it enough to burn the SIM card?
zqps@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s a phrase meaning the phone is to be used then thrown away because it has been compromised.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_notice