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      I never throw out boxes, because I know as soon as I’m unable to get it back I’ll need it for something.

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      Yupppp; same here.

      I think the Librem 5 (may’ve been another phone) came with a hole to attach to a keychain so it’s the only one that I constantly have on me solely because someone thought to design for it.

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    it’s within my phone’s protection case, so i do have it right now. Also, anecdote, a random stranger on a bus was switching sim cards, and asked me if I have the tool, which I indeed I had!

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    * AF

    I tied a string around mine and threw it into one of those organiser boxes that’s full of all sorts of other small items; it’s there, I just need to remember exactly in which box (out of several dozen like this) it is.

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    I am the distributor of cell phones where I work. I have a box of these. They’re also useful to reset UniFi and other networking equipment.

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    Yeah. I have a Nintendo DS game box (still with the original game) where I keep such tiny things. Including various SD card adapters.

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      If you’re using a burner SIM in your regular phone then it’s not really a burner SIM.

      Fine if you’re just using it to hide your phone number companies, but if you’re hiding from the authorities then it’s the devices IMEI which is going to sell you out I’m afraid.

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        IMEI’s can be changed. (Which is highly illegal in many jurisdictions) It’s not really worth the effort, I use it for when i need a new phone number for something and don’t want it immediately tied to me commercially. If hiding from the authorities, don’t use unencrypted comms.

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          They can but I don’t believe the average burner phone user would even know how.

          I’m no expert but you would need to flash the firmware for the baseband modem. But then you would need a valid IMEI and then what happens with network collisions if it’s already on the network.

          How do you verify you’re actually broadcasting the spoofed IMEI without some hardware to intercept the signals being sent out.

          Just seems like a lot of effort when you can just use burner phones and not run the risk. With OPSec you only need to screw up once.