Personal cell phone being tracked what do you think

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  1. PaulMinternational

    PaulMinternational Road Train Member

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    You could also do as I did once.
    Give them a landlines phone number and tell them if they want access to any cell devices they need to buy you a phone, pay for a monthly subscription because nothing but the landlines is owned by you.
    I did this after signing thier paperwork authorizing them to download thier so called security program on all my remote devices with a big smile on my Face! I own none so they can do what they want but they can't force a download on someone else's property!
     
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  3. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Now wait for the angry phone call when some poindexter tries to install his spyware and can’t. :laughing-guffaw:
     
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  4. okiedokie

    okiedokie Road Train Member

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    Easy. I don't have a ph. Will you supply one.
     
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  5. Bud A.

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    That would work except he applied for the job from his phone.
     
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  6. okiedokie

    okiedokie Road Train Member

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    Then the final answer is NO.
     
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  7. Brandt

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    If they are tracking you by cookies from your IP from you logging in the their website. I believe a good VPN service would stop that. My understanding that’s what they are for so people can’t be tracked even you internet provider can’t track you. A VPN lets you come onto the internet from anywhere in the world. The VPN give you an Internet address and once you disconnect from the VPN that IP address disappears basically.

    You should double check but a Virtual Private Network is just so people can be tracked or lots of people use them for privacy and if someone wanted watch a TV show like Dr Who you can can come onto the internet in Britain and now you can see that show or and sports just like a local person.

    They have lots of VPN apps you can use and the are cheap.
     
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    Brandt Road Train Member

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    This will probably solve your problems

    It’s a VPN from The tech Guy radio show you can go directly to them or his link for a discount or just to see what they do. It all legal and stuff lots of people don’t want to be track or you people are using public wi-if all you data is encrypted.

    ExpressVPN - A Fast and Secure VPN | Podcast
     
  9. REO6205

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    I agree.
     
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  10. PaulMinternational

    PaulMinternational Road Train Member

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    That might account for the increase in hang up calls.
     
  11. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I use DuckDuckGo browsers on both my phone and laptop. As well as their search engine. Before I did. I would look up something on the internet and next time I got on I would get several ads selling the same thing that I had looked up. Don't get that anymore. DuckDuckGo says they block/remove all trackers. My email goes to *****@duck.com address. Any trackers are removed then the email is forwarded to my real address.
     
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