LOL anyways security is relative-there is only so much you can do. But I believe it is a starting point for managing security.
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote: > Then our phones will just be stolen here and sold in congo like our cars > already are. In fact forget congo, Southern Sudan should > be hot these days for those selling questionable phones.**** > > The advantage of sim card registration is knowing exactly who owns that > sim but not where and how to find them since the concept > of physical addresses in Uganda is basically dead. Unless the thief keeps > the phone on and their general where-abouts are triangulated > by cell tower (I doubt we have remote phone gps enabling and tracking yet). > **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Bright Onapito > *Sent:* 18 January 2012 11:52 > > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] Register your SIM card(s) with UCC**** > > ** ** > > But it is possible to bind a SIM to an IMEI. If the Telecos decided to, > actually if UCC made it mandatory, coupled with registering the SIMs, then > I suppose it would be quite hard for phone thieves. **** > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Ronald Kato Odongo <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > The IMEI number is used to uniquely identify a phone on a GSM network. It > works much like the MAC address of network host.**** > > ** ** > > Mobile phone owners who have their phones stolen can contact their > mobile network provider and ask them disable a phone using its IMEI number. > With an IMEI number, the phone can be blocked from the network quickly and > easily.**** > > ** ** > > It is important to note that swapping a SIM card will not stop a phone > from being banned. IMEI numbers are stored in the phones themselves, not on > the SIM cards.**** > > Regardless of the phones you, records about the SIM and corresponding IMEI > can be retrieved from the Telcos, thereby tracking a lost phone. **** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Bright Onapito <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Register your sim card. imagine you lost your phone. you went to the phone > tracking guys (police i assume). they can use an IMEI or whatever they use. > They find the phone based on the GSM cell location. If they have all the > sim cards registered it means two things: **** > > 1. If the phone is tracked, it saves alot of time knowing who 07xxxxxxxx > is because they have that number. Its relatively easy to followup someone > whose details you know than some wild card, once that number is put into > your stolen phone.**** > > 2.that they will require you to register the phone you use as well. This > is a more stingy one because once you change phones, then your IMEI wont > be recognized. So if someone tries to register a stolen phone, voila!**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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