device recovery

James Buchanan z.b.longladder at gmail.com
Mon Jul 2 05:30:19 CEST 2007


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Well, considering the fact that the Neo is a completley open device,
there is not much to keep a thief from reflashing it.

Andreas

James Buchanan wrote:

> From: "Brad Pitcher"
>
>> To: "Gabriel Ambuehl"
>> 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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Your're assuming an awfully clever thief here...I guess it's possible that
someone who pickpockets cell phones might know to flash the firmware, but
it's probable that most don't--I shouldn't think the majority of common
thieves would even be aware of the open nature of the OpenMoko--they'd just
think it a shiny, expensive cell, prime for a new SIM.

JB
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