Old seller IMEI blocks for revenge?

Regarding this IEMI blocking thing, since the carriers enabled the
feature, what has the stolen phone rate been like? Has it dropped?



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> > read your easenet
>
> You ignorant dimwit...I don't think you have even easenet on your pc.

Its a web site, not a thin client

> in FAQs is this question:
>
> How will carriers prevent unauthorised people mischievously reporting a
> phone stolen and having it disconnected?
> Where a mobile carrier identifies a handset as lost or stolen, either
> by internal loss or customer report, only those IMEI's blocked on
> their own network are to be sent by the mobile carrier to the AMTA's
> IMEI central database. GSM network carriers must put in place adequate
> processes to ensure the integrity of the information that is provided
> to the central database. As a minimum this will involve:
>
> Process to validate identity of the customer

Which is done

> Validation of IMEI based upon recent customer usage history

Which is done if there are outgoing call records available

> Validation of IMEI based upon the mobile carrier's own inventory
> records

Which is, basically, impossible

> have a nice day, thanks for calling.

Youre most welcome
>

Michael <[email protected]> wrote

>>> read your easenet

>> You ignorant dimwit...I don't think you have even easenet on your pc.

> Its a web site, not a thin client

>> in FAQs is this question:

>> How will carriers prevent unauthorised people mischievously
>> reporting a phone stolen and having it disconnected?
>> Where a mobile carrier identifies a handset as lost or stolen, either
>> by internal loss or customer report, only those IMEI's blocked on
>> their own network are to be sent by the mobile carrier to the AMTA's
>> IMEI central database. GSM network carriers must put in place
>> adequate processes to ensure the integrity of the information that
>> is provided to the central database. As a minimum this will involve:

>> Process to validate identity of the customer

> Which is done

Lie.

>> Validation of IMEI based upon recent customer usage history

> Which is done if there are outgoing call records available

There are **** all where there arent any, and the ID
checks should be a LOT more stringent when there arent.

>> Validation of IMEI based upon the mobile carrier's own inventory records

> Which is, basically, impossible

Not a ****ing clue, as always.