- IMEI number
Fairphone have that already so you are not giving any information away only confirming the that this is a particular phone to be unlocked. Unlocking a phone, from what I have heard requires informing Google, no matter how it is done. (Will try and reference that)
An IMEI number in Fairphone’s case ties to the purchaser of the phone, no the user. So it provides no personal info to anyone.
This is not to say that your IEMI doesn’t allow for tracking the user, not owner of the phone. But that not the issue is it.
- IP address
Again any browser can display your IP as it required in Server to Client confirmation, so again you are not giving anything away, just confirming the request.
I think English is not your native language as your tone and assumptions are generalised i.e. applied to everyone and are in that sense insulting.
To assume something about another, in the UK, is to say you have a closed mind to those whom you address.
As you said that was not your intention at the start, yet you continued, it’s more than sad. a bit weird but perfectly OK
Well you may find opinions on some issues, from some users, and you will also find contradictory ones.
- Some like the lack of a 3.5mm jack others don’t
- Some don’t want a notification LED some do
- Some like the weight and size others don’t
- Some like the colours, some don’t
But none of these are advantages or disadvantages.
The only advantage I can think of is to the mineral miners and the factory labourers that get better wages and working conditions.
The disadvantage is that once I consider I can afford to to buy a Fairphone I then commit have to undertake all kinds of assessments, and as you indicate in your posts not the easiest or most pleasant occupation.
Have you seen
All the above is what comes to mind and may not be correct. Just trying to respond to your query and your concerns.
All the best
UPDATE IEMI
Fairphone pay Google to install Android and in that is the requirement to keep Google Search and other apps etc.
To use Android without Google search, for example, would likely cost Faiphone more
So if you unlock to install an alternate OS it would make sense that Fairphone may have to pay a fee for each phone unlocked
Hence ensuring the detail of which phone has been ‘paid’ for.
But I see no reason why Fairphone would would have to pass any new information to Google, just the IEMI number to flag it as ‘Unlocked’