• irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOP
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    5 days ago

    Are you sure it was IMEI? Unless you were using reddit over sms they shouldn’t have access to that. IP addresses on the other hand they do have, and those are network specific.

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      5 days ago

      pretty sure on Android an app can read your IMEI if they ask for the Phone Calls permission and you approve it

      I don’t know if the Reddit app does this, I never used their official app

        • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com
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          5 days ago

          Absolutely no idea! It’s not something I’ve looked at. I don’t have a home internet connection, I don’t need one, so I just have my phone

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            5 days ago

            Mobile IPs tend to change very often. You can look up your IP (there are many websites for this), turn airplane mode on and turn it off again. This could assign a different IP (at least it did when I just tried).

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              5 days ago

              Good to know!

              I’ll lie low for a while. I had a cult following for my “performance art” so I’m not exactly easy to miss when I post one of my creative efforts…