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

    • Ech
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      33 months ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        23 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.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      23 months ago

      Does it? Interesting. I’ll have to try that. I wonder why?

      • FartsWithAnAccent
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        53 months ago

        There used to be other ways to bypass it as well, like PDAnet, rooting, flashing custom OSes, etc.

      • @[email protected]
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        23 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.