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Won't most of the stolen phones be sent out of the country where they will be unaffected by this arrangement?
by pppp 14y ago
Won't most of the stolen phones be sent out of the country where they will be unaffected by this arrangement?
- mrsebastian 14y agoIf this is implemented in the US, and enough privacy safeguards are put in place, I'm sure it'll spread to the EU and then the rest of the world.
- bennysaurus 14y agoThis already exists in Australia and has for years. It's as simple as getting a police report done and ringing your phone company to get the IMEI blocked.
- tomflack 14y agoWe already have it in the rest of the world - in Australia since the beginning of last decade. I'm confused why it has taken this long for the United States to implement.
- ovi256 14y agoThis has existed in the EU for some years now. In practice, it means phones are still stolen, and moved outside the EU, mainly to North Africa. Welcome to the future ;)
- wmil 14y agoYou can make big reductions in crimes of opportunity by making them just a little more difficult. For instance, laws requiring bike helmets have big impacts on bike theft.