What is the difference between cellular data being used on my phone and cellular data being used on my notebook? Data is data.

  • viking
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    8 months ago

    I’ve read somewhere that USB tethering bypasses this very easily.

    • Ech@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Is easytether still a thing? That app saved my butt several times.

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        8 months ago

        I’m not sure tbh, my ISP doesn’t throttle my speed or data when used as a hotspot, luckily, so I didn’t have to look into it for a long time.

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        8 months ago

        From what I heard is that a phone used as USB tether identifies as a modem on the computer, and then the traffic is somehow detected differently. I haven’t tested this personally though since my ISP doesn’t cap or throttle me when using hotpsots.