1. This is exactly why thieves dump the SIM in the first place. To avoid getting SIM tracked, which is the quickest & easiest.<br>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)<br>
<br>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.<br><br>Rahul J<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Ilja O. <<a href="mailto:vrghost@gmail.com">vrghost@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Rahul Joshi <<a href="mailto:rjoshi31@gmail.com">rjoshi31@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> The "very" first thing a phone thief does is throw away the SIM. No SIM, No<br>
> SMS, No protection.. erm.. destruction :)<br>
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</div>When my friends phone got stolen it happened the other way - some<br>
people. whose numbers were in his phone book, started to receive calls<br>
and messages with abuse. That's not nice thing to experience.<br>
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And this daemon will perform just nice even if SIM card was changed.<br>
All you need to know is phone's current number. And some carriers (as<br>
I have heard, haven't checked myself) can provide you with such<br>
information it if you have registered your phone IMEI (aka written<br>
paper to carrier that "Phone with such IMEI belongs to me").<br>
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