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This is very weird to me as a Brit as I think my first Nokia phone ~20 odd years ago I had to do a phone code on to get the IMEI as it was what you needed if it

This is very weird to me as a Brit as I think my first Nokia phone ~20 odd years ago I had to do a phone code on to get the IMEI as it was what you needed if it was stolen. Hadn't realised that wasn't a global system, but not sure this article has really explained what the problem with it is. There's mention of fraud, yet this system has been active here for decades, so surely that's either a thing or it isn't?

JadeNB 1y ago
> Hadn't realised that wasn't a global system, but not sure this article has really explained what the problem with it is. It is—the first I is 'International'! I just checked in the US that *#06# will pull up the IMEI on my T-Mobile Android phone; I have no idea if that's specific to TMo or to Android. Or maybe you mean blocking by IMEI isn't global? > There's mention of fraud, yet this system has been active here for decades, so surely that's either a thing or it isn't? I'm not sure that follows. A lot changes over decades, and what once could be allowed to proceed on the basis that the fraud it enabled was sufficiently low-probability may now be too common a vector of attack, or at least perceived as too high-risk as a potential vector.