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Stealing is legal in US? That's some news.
by rimantas 15y ago
Stealing is legal in US? That's some news.
- mseebach 15y agoYes, it is, isn't it? Without sarcasm: Why would it help to make tampering with the IMEI illegal, when the illegality of stealing in the first place doesn't solve the problem?
- mrsebastian 15y agoWell, I guess if you (unwittingly?) buy a stolen phone, the feds would want IMEI tampering to be illegal? I assume there's lots of bulk IMEI tampering done by fences, too.
- mseebach 15y agoIf it's unwittingly, why would I bother with changing the IMEI? If it's wittingly, I'm already a criminal. And you're right, IMEI changing probably already is a default part of fencing a phone. The solution would be to make it a requirement that phones have tamper proof IMEIs.