03. tracking phones

methods of phone tracking

A google-android phone can be tracked via :
1. network scanning : wifi , routers , BT, routers etc
- is done by google , they know your position more accuratly then the phone carriers
(update , this will change with 5G)
- is permissionless, therefore : build into the chip ?
2. wifi triangulations
- triangulation is probarly build into the chip => you’ll need a special designed non-spy mobile to counter this
- data is sold by Google to third parties !
3. google telemetry
a. build into GAPSS / Google Code
b. all apps provided via the Google Play app store are GAPSS complient , and thus support telemetry
4. firmware spying : this will be done state / gov agencies rather then google
5. state agencies can force google into complience, but have also other means such as surveillance

LineageOS , IF no google apps installed , is ok for 1 & 3 , perhaps also for 2. But not for 4 & 5

tracking via SIM

ICCID
- Integrated Circuit Card Identification Number.
- a unique 18-22 digit code that includes a SIM card’s country, home network, and identification number.
- usually printed on the back of a SIM card

IMSI
- International mobile subscriber identity
- a unique 64 bit digit code
- in actual communications mostly, but not always, TMSI will be used/transferred

TMSI
- is derived from the IMSI + ? KI ?
- a bit more secure

tracking phones without a SIM card

if SIM card is not inserted in a mobile phone, you can’t track ICCID or IMSI
however , the IMEI (phone hardware) number still can be tracked without SIM
{wm : tracked using the cell network ? #TODO , it definitely can be recorded if you make an emergency call , which remains always possible , even with no SIM }
and the IMEI can, and will have been, corellated to other data before removal of the SIM
you can view and note down your IMEI number from your phone without a SIM card.

google / apple ID & accounts

keeps track of your location when you sign into a Google account from a new device.
If you have Gmail installed on your phone, you can leverage your Google account to track your phone’s latest position.
how to track your phone using Google Account:
1. Log into your Gmail account via any browser.
2. Go to https://myaccount.google.com/security.
3. Scroll down and click on “Your devices”, and you will see all the devices that are logged on using your Gmail account. It also displays the last location of your mobile device.

Phone-tracking App ‘s

location tracking

==every app that gets permission to track your location can collect a location database and sell that data==
it does happen quite frequently, and it it is not inoceent

bijvb.
Tessla : a investment firm bought location data and had a special data team involved in other tricks
( “nearby” detection shows some unknown numbers regularly nearby known Tessla numbers at a Tessla location => these are Teslla employees )
they constructed a database with Tessla employees , their phone numbers and their locations
from the patterns on this database they could predict in/ disinvestments before actual anoucments and beat the market