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I see a few people asking how you blend in among the crowd. My strategy is to use a common device like an iPhone 5 using the Safari browser, and for the connection I use a 4G connection that I seem to be sharing with loads of other subscribers. Apple's Advertising Identifier[0] AFAIK is not passed into Safari, as that only applies to other apps and not browsers like Safari.

The only thing that could make me stand out is if I deviate from this basic setup and use different browsers on weird connections like a VPN (Yes - a VPN can make you stand out). Also: upgrading my phone to the latest model is probably an uncommon practice and used as another heuristic to track you, & I've heard many people like to stick to a certain phone model until it starts acting up.

[0] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/adsupport/asidenti...



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