First things first, why you even need an IMEI number of your Android (News - Alert) or iOS device? Let’s say you lost your phone or it got stolen. To report it to the police, you need to provide an ...

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Here's a hypothetical situation for you: let's say you leave your Android smartphone somewhere in public, or someone snatches it from you. If someone is able to crack your PIN, they could use your ...

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Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. When you explicitly tell an ...

IMEI means International Mobile Equipment Identity. It is the unique serial number of every GSM mobile cell phone. The IMEI number is used by networks to identify valid phones and block stolen or ...

18,000 Android apps with tens or hundreds of millions of installs on the Google Play Store have been found to violate Google's Play Store Advertising ID policy guidance by collecting persistent device ...