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Re: London police scans on the streets with mobile phone scanner

From: Martin Tomasek <tomasek () ufe cz>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:16:24 +0200

der Mouse napsal(a):

I suppose that's good enough for most cases, but, really, if this
silliness has police powers behind it, wouldn't it be easier to just
require the cell carriers to collect the _real_ IMEIs?


There is no real IMEI. It can be changed at will. AFAIK most of 
"unlocking" software can do this.

-- 
Martin Tomasek
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