1. This is exactly why thieves dump the SIM in the first place. To avoid getting SIM tracked, which is the quickest & easiest. 2. IMEI tracking is as you said involves paperwork but which makes keeping a stolen phone of no use to anyone. Cops use this (in tandem with carriers) to track offenders if you have filed a complaint and mentioned the IMEI no. (which is also printed on every retail box)
Which is why the primary concern here is the "data" and not the phone itself. IMO, the better way, as with all things, is encryption. Rahul J On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Ilja O. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Rahul Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The "very" first thing a phone thief does is throw away the SIM. No SIM, > No > > SMS, No protection.. erm.. destruction :) > > > > When my friends phone got stolen it happened the other way - some > people. whose numbers were in his phone book, started to receive calls > and messages with abuse. That's not nice thing to experience. > > And this daemon will perform just nice even if SIM card was changed. > All you need to know is phone's current number. And some carriers (as > I have heard, haven't checked myself) can provide you with such > information it if you have registered your phone IMEI (aka written > paper to carrier that "Phone with such IMEI belongs to me"). > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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