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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: 0.507s | 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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duskdozer ◴[01 Nov 25 03:04 UTC] No.45778923[source]▶
The process for migrating eSIMs for me has never been easy and has always taken 1-2 days and repeated contacts with customer service agents to actually work. Compared to the 10 seconds of swapping a physical SIM. I'm sure there isn't an inherent technical reason why eSIM couldn't be just as easy if not more, but I assume it's another case of enshittification.
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1. DecentShoes ◴[01 Nov 25 06:00 UTC] No.45779554[source]▶
Agreed, the rest of the comments are delusional. First, you have to contact customer service, which takes a few days to get a response. Then you have to have another device to display the QR code on, which you won't have if you're travelling. They'll send you a QR code you have to scan with the device you're currently on, AND you'll have to do it without an internet connection. Meaning it just doesn't work, at all.

An offline device can take a SIM card just fine. But if you're setting up a new device, or setting up an existing device on a new country on eSim, doesn't matter, you can never connect, because you have to already have internet, to get internet.

Esim was a good idea, implemented so horribly it's worse than the 30 year old predecessor.

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