On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 at 15:53, John Edwards <jaedwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.amta.org.au/pages/Lost.and.stolen.phones > > *7. **No tracking of lost or stolen mobiles:* > > Your carrier does not track lost and stolen mobiles and they cannot be > pinpointed. > > Well, we all know that's an indirect lie. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-16/metadata-retention-privacy-phone-will-ockenden/6694152 And I guarantee they can pinpoint it tighter than that too, using proper triangulation, as referenced here: https://searchengineland.com/cell-phone-triangulation-accuracy-is-all-over-the-map-14790 > I have spotted devices with the logos of Australian carriers in the > windows of phone shops around South East Asia, which might give you some > clues as to how effective IEMI blocking is. > AMTA specifically mentions that it's only valid within Australia - IMEI blocking requires cooperation between carriers, and I'm honestly a little surprised that Telstra/Optus/Voda/others manage to cooperate to do it given how often they screw up other cooperation events (like number porting).
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