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Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking

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446 points akyuu | 2 comments | 30 Oct 25 23:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.49s | source
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j1elo ◴[31 Oct 25 22:10 UTC] No.45777248[source]▶
> Notably, the Pixel 10 series is moving away from physical SIM cards.

Is it? I hadn't followed news of the new Pixels.

I don't like the idea of modernizing this and going full eSIM. It will introduce a lot of new friction, somehow I don't doubt it. Just now arrived to Mexico for a quick trip and grabbed a prepaid SIM from a 7-11 in the airport. All quick and simple. I doubt things would be so seamless when not having a SIM tray in the phone. Having to go through an official process to register a new card, ID oneself, hope to not have any incompatibility with the eSIM slots in your phone (admittedly I don't know how this works)... vs. just paying MXN100 and leave the store with a ready to use number.

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wooptoo ◴[01 Nov 25 00:09 UTC] No.45778085[source]▶
You can actually get a prepaid travel eSIM before you leave on holiday.
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Nextgrid ◴[01 Nov 25 02:11 UTC] No.45778719[source]▶
Which are absolutely shit because your data exits out on the other side of the world with 150ms extra latency.

Getting an (e?)SIM from a local carrier is always better and often cheaper too.

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1. kccqzy ◴[01 Nov 25 05:14 UTC] No.45779419[source]▶
And you can buy an eSIM from a local carrier, which will then email you a code. It's unheard of for local carriers to mail physical SIMs to the other side of the world.
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2. Hilift ◴[01 Nov 25 14:49 UTC] No.45782054[source]▶
The typically tier 2 carriers are the main ideal perfect market for eSIMs. If you want to do everything online, you really can't if it relies on a physical something. I would estimate 90% of the market is for mint mobile and consumer cellular. eSIMs are a genius move progression from the old burner phone days, from the perspective of overhead costs and flexibility.