Help Hypothetical question..

[CrimsonToker]

If someone were reading/researching things online that an oppressive government may not appreciate, and then flashes a new ROM, could that still be tracked to the phone?

I suppose a good follow up question would be if one could access the Tor network on android..

 

[funkylogik]

Good question bro. You been googling "pipe bombs" again lol?
Seriously though I'd guess it depends if it changes ip address from rom to rom?

 

[CrimsonToker]

Lol conspiracy theories would be more accurate, though I hate the inherently implied "crazy" that goes with the term. I didn't think of that, but I don't know how IP works with android

 

[Slug]

[...] could that still be tracked to the phone?

The device's IEMI always remains the same, so that could be used to identify it if it was used on a cellular network. When using a wifi network its public IP address will be that of the gateway used to access the wider internet e.g. your home router.

I'm pretty sure Tor-capable browsers exist for Android, but it's probably less hassle to simply use a VPN service to mask your location/identity.

 

[CrimsonToker]

I've heard people talk about VPN's before but I don't know anything about them. Clearly, this is the next thing for me to learn then

 

[funkylogik]

It's OK mate. They don't really round you up and put you in tinfoil hat camps
I use Hideninja vpn app to get US Netflix content in the UK.
Some countries are free (probably good enough for your (freaky) uses but some carry a reasonable one off fee

 

[CrimsonToker]

It's OK mate. They don't really round you up and put you in tinfoil hat camps
I use Hideninja vpn app to get US Netflix content in the UK.
Some countries are free (probably good enough for your (freaky) uses but some carry a reasonable one off fee

Careful friend. Just because they haven't yet doesn't mean they won't

 

[hiredgun]

If anyone asks me, I wasn't even in this thread, and I have never heard of ANY of you!!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android&hl=en

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.guardianproject.browser&hl=en

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evda.connecttor&hl=en

 

[funkylogik]

Careful friend. Just because they haven't yet doesn't mean they won't

I don't listen to Alex jones or watch wacky documentaries on youtube though so I'm ok, right?