-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA1<br><br>- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA1<br><br>Well, considering the fact that the Neo is a completley open device,<br>there is not much to keep a thief from reflashing it.
<br><br>Andreas<br><br>James Buchanan wrote:<br><br>> From: "Brad Pitcher" <br>> <br>>> To: "Gabriel Ambuehl" <br>>> Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:05:35 -0600<br>>> Subject: Re: device recovery
<br>>> But the thief is the one who pays for the SMS, because they have just<br><br>>> inserted their sim card. That's the idea. ;)<br>>><br>>> On 6/30/07, Gabriel Ambuehl < gabriel_ambuehl at
buz.ch<br>> wrote:<br>>> ><br>>> > On Saturday 30 June 2007 18:44:05 Brad Pitcher wrote:<br>>> > > I know there was a lot of interest in this topic in the past and I<br>>> saw<br>>> > this
<br>>> > > article on cnn talking about the various approaches that have been<br>>> > taken so<br>>> > > I thought I would share. My favorite approach: when a new sim card<br><br>>> > is
<br>>> > > inserted, message everyone in your phone book (or just everyone in a<br>>> > > certain category) with the phone number on the new sim card.<br>>> > > <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/05/28/gadgets.labels/index.html">
http://www.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/05/28/gadgets.labels/index.html</a><br>>> ><br>>> > Please ask first, so that we Europeans who pay for SMS don't go<br><br>>> bankrupt<br>>> > ;)<br>>> >
<br>>> ><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> openmoko-devel mailing list<br><br>>> openmoko-devel at <a href="http://lists.openmoko.org">lists.openmoko.org</a>
<br>>> <a href="http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/openmoko-devel">http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/openmoko-devel</a><br><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>> Well, er, you've also got to be careful that the owner himself didn't
<br>> replace the SIM card--perhaps they changed carriers or whatnot. If you<br><br>> don't<br>> pay for SMS, this kind of update could be useful to keep folks updated, as<br>> well as for theft protection--but if one does pay for SMS, you could run
<br>> into money on a legit SIM change.<br><br>> <br>> JB<br>> <br>- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br>Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux)<br>Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org">
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