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how can you tell if your imei is being tracked

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jdizzler

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How can you tell if your phones imei is being used. I heard that if the last two digits after the backslash are lower than 07 or if it comes up with a barcode then your being tracked.

My imei ends in /02 and has a barcode. Does this mean im being tracked?
 
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That's complete rubbish. Almost all phone boxes will have the IMEI in barcode form, because no-one wants to type it out.

There's no reason to only track specific numbers, given they're assigned when the phone is made.

But if you have a cellphone and it is turned on, under current governments, you are being tracked.
That's complete rubbish. Almost all phone boxes will have the IMEI in barcode form, because no-one wants to type it out.

There's no reason to only track specific numbers, given they're assigned when the phone is made.

But if you have a cellphone and it is turned on, under current governments, you are being tracked.
 
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