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Our product supports GPRS based barcode scanners which send data to our application. To prevent precisely this thing from happening, we advise our customers to
by pilif 16y ago
Our product supports GPRS based barcode scanners which send data to our application. To prevent precisely this thing from happening, we advise our customers to make a special deal with the mobile carrier to ensure that the SIM card can't be used in any other device than the barcode scanner.
Considering that there is such a simple technical solution (IMEI lock) to this problem and considering the amount the Telco charged for the data in this case, I really think that the punishment here was too harsh.
The power company should at least pay for some of the charges due to not using a simple technical precaution (which, according to the article, they implemented for later customers) and the carrier, well... where I live extortion is a crime in itself and charging 193K for data traffic is just crazy.
- Maxious 16y agoPower companies were some of the first customers on Telstra's new M2M platform so it seems it wasn't standard operating procedure to lock the cards/accounts down at first. "An Aurora spokesman said once the company became aware of the problem [of unlocked SIM cards] with a small number of the company's meters it had taken steps with Telstra to prevent it recurring."
- killerdark 16y ago>The power company should at least pay for some of the charges Sure. And all that could have happened, however FTA: "Kylie Maree Monks, 33, pleaded guilty". If you plead guilty, it's over. This is a clear case of a uninformed and/or unintelligent defendant and a judge with a severe case of hemorrhoids.