Through what technical or legal mechanism is the company identifying or locating you - assuming you never logged in or associated the product with your identity?

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fn-mote 4 days ago | parent [-]

They shipped it to you. They associated a machine UUID with you at that time, as well as the SIM card.

Now maybe you mean the TV? That’s not what this particular thread is about.

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15155 4 days ago | parent [-]

> That’s not what this particular thread is about

This thread is about removing the SIM from a TV.

If I bought that TV in cash (or even credit card, sans subpoena) at a Best Buy and removed the SIM, how is any corporation identifying me?

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abdullahkhalids 4 days ago | parent [-]

What law is preventing Best Buy from telling TVManufacturer that a credit card with these last 4 digits bought the TV with this exact serial number?

And once the SIM connects near your house, what is preventing the phone company from telling TVManufacturer the rough location of the SIM, especially after that SIM is found to have used too much data?

Then use some commercially available ad database to figure out that the person typically near this location with these last four digits is 15155.

That's just a guess, but there is enough fingerprinting that they will know with pretty high certainty it is you. Whether all this is admissible in civil court, idk.

	▲	15155 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> What law is preventing Best Buy from telling TVManufacturer No law: reality and PCI standards prevent this. And of course, the manufacturer could get a subpoena after enough process. This also assumes the TV was purchased with a credit card and not cash. > And once the SIM connects near your house > what is preventing the phone company from telling Again: reality and the fact that corporations aren't cooperative. A rough location doesn't help identify someone in any urban environment. Corporations are not the FBI or FCC on a fox hunt. Can you cite a single case where this has happened on behalf of a corporation? These are public record, of course.
	▲	anonym29 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Anecdotally, you may want to avoid Best Buy either way. There's a chance the TV box contains just rocks, no TV, and that they refuse to refund your purchase. https://wonderfulengineering.com/rtx-5080-buyer-opens-box-to... I know I'm sure never shopping there again.