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Is it safe to put sim card to my new 2nd hand phone? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by 721_bipsty@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I have 2nd hand pixel 8a with grapheneos and i havent putted sim card in it since i have it, in my country i have to have registered sim card, iam afraid of IMEI be linked with sim card and once i put it in im f**ked, the reason i need to put card is to verify bank which need sim card being in device.

I did some research but became dumb from too much information

(sorry for my english :D)

Edit: also i want to be private because of my feature, idk if i wont live in country where propaganda is normal

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[–] 721_bipsty@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But will it be safe? Wouldnt that mean that somebody who owns this card would somehow have access to my device?

[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago

I've no idea what you're talking about. What card? Esim is witbout any physical card, right? It's a code you enter in your phone so it automatically connects to the provider.

I don't think this is less "safe" as you put it. Perhaps a tiny tiny bit, but I don't really know. Safe enough I guess