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> Removing or rotating machine-id does not buy you any privacy against a malicious app.

It absolutely can if that's the only identifier an app is looking at.

> You would think that people engaged in this type of activities would use throwaway devices running free operating systems and VMs, not personal devices logged into Snapchat and Facebook.

Well, the smart ones do that, which is why they don't make the news as they don't get caught.

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