Mobile Handset Privacy: Measuring The Data iOS and Android Send to Apple And Google
We discover that even if minimally configured and the handset is idle each iOS and Google Android share information with Apple/Google on average every 4.5 mins.
‼️ The telecellsmartphone IMEI, hardware serial number, SIM serial number and IMSI, handsetphone number and so forth are shared with Apple and Google. Both iOS and Google Android transmit telemetry, regardless of the consumer explicitly opting out of this.
💡 When a SIM is inserted each iOS and Google Android send information to Apple/Google. iOS sends the MAC addresses of close by devices, e.g. different handsets and the home gateway, to Apple collectively with their GPS location. Currently there are few, if any, practical alternatives for stopping this information sharing.
