device recovery

Andreas Kostyrka andreas at kostyrka.org
Sun Jul 1 23:14:56 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" <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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