Can I be linked by sim card?

[siriuscat]

My phone/sim logged into a genuine ebay account.
If I take the sim out and put it in a brand new dongle and connect (3g) to a single stealth ebay/ppal account using a 'prepared' pc, is this OK?
Previous posts suggest the actual sim card cannot be tracked or linked but would I would appreciate advice.
Thanks.

[oompaloompa]

its not the sim card, it is the ip that links you. almost all sims/providers change ip upon each shut-off and they have 1000s of ips that get assigned to users....so each time you log on you get a new ip....test it.

therefore you do not need a new dongle or a new sim, you just need to make sure your ip on that sim is different to ones used previously, which they will be, if it is a regular ISP like EE....

also you can get random ip repeats, or you can get ips that have been used by other banned ebayers, everyone does - so ip is not the biggest deal....getting the same ip 3 months later, is a different scenario from being on a constant fixed ip that links you......

[siriuscat]

Understood about the ip.

I originally thought about tethering my phone for stealth but the phone regularly connects to my home router so wasn't sure if this was a good idea. Didn't really want to reset the phone etc.

I already had a new dongle laying anyway so thought that would be ok with my original phone sim.

[JamesNorth101]

Just disconnect the phone from the WiFi at your house, tether and use the phones IP

Quite a lot of the time a SIM for a phone wont work if you pop it into a dongle. You have to check that both the dongle allows it and so does the SIM network provider.

Just tethering off your phone is much easier solution

[B50430164]

Interesting thread, something ive always been curious about thanks for the info.

[e2free]

Use different network like ee o2 both are quite cheap