[aklug] Re: brick phones

I fail to understand why the carriers can't simply deny service to any
imei# that is reported stolen.

It seems like if the carriers were to simply deny service to stolen phones,
it would take away the incentive to steal them.

Yeah, I've heard that imei#'s can be altered, but I'm also under the
impression that only more sophisticated criminal groups have the ability
(smarts?) to do this. I don't believe most phones are stolen by people who
have the wherewithal to do this.

On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Christopher Howard <
christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> wrote:

> For those of us who haven't had time -- is there anyone who has been
> watching this issue?: I've been hearing about a recent push (I think
> this has been suggested before) from members of congress saying that we
> should try to end all cell phone theft by forcing manufacturers to
> design their cell phones so that they brick themselves when stolen.
>
> Personally, anytime I hear the word "legislation" used in any discussion
> related to technology, I get a nervous twitch. But anyone know more
> about this?
>
> --
> http://www.lugod.org/presentations/pgp/why.html
>
>

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Received on Sun Feb 9 22:39:05 2014