device recovery

[James Buchanan]

From: "Brad Pitcher" <bradpitcher at gmail.com>

> To: "Gabriel Ambuehl" <gabriel_ambuehl at buz.ch>
> Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:05:35 -0600
> Subject: Re: device recovery
> But the thief is the one who pays for the SMS, because they have just
> inserted their sim card.  That's the idea. ;)
>
> On 6/30/07, Gabriel Ambuehl < gabriel_ambuehl at buz.ch> wrote:
> >
> > On Saturday 30 June 2007 18:44:05 Brad Pitcher wrote:
> > > I know there was a lot of interest in this topic in the past and I saw
> > this
> > > article on cnn talking about the various approaches that have been
> > taken so
> > > I thought I would share.  My favorite approach:  when a new sim card
> > is
> > > inserted, message everyone in your phone book (or just everyone in a
> > > certain category) with the phone number on the new sim card.
> > > http://www.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/05/28/gadgets.labels/index.html
> >
> > Please ask first, so that we Europeans who pay for SMS don't go bankrupt
> > ;)
> >
> >
>
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Well, er, you've also got to be careful that the owner himself didn't
replace the SIM card--perhaps they changed carriers or whatnot. If you don't
pay for SMS, this kind of update could be useful to keep folks updated, as
well as for theft protection--but if one does pay for SMS, you could run
into money on a legit SIM change.

JB
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