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Re:Saudi Arabia tracks runaway women by cellphone IMEI by solarkraft on Thursday June 13, 2019 @11:52AM (#20176047)
> unless you put software on your computer to make that happen

Couldn't that be ... any software?

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Re:Saudi Arabia tracks runaway women by cellphone IMEI by microcolonel on Friday June 14, 2019 @08:46PM (#20187802)
Well, you could start by not installing software that you know exfiltrates these data, like Microsoft Windows, or Adobe Flash...
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Re:Saudi Arabia tracks runaway women by cellphone IMEI by solarkraft on Saturday June 15, 2019 @02:52PM (#20191465)
Even in free software, do you audit everything you install? Information security is only as strong as the weakest link.
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Re:Saudi Arabia tracks runaway women by cellphone IMEI by microcolonel on Saturday June 15, 2019 @10:57PM (#20193576)
Why not start with software which isn't known to deliberately disseminate information about your computer. Sure, if you move the goalposts all day, you'll never score.
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