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2005-03-15 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Dar 2005-03-15 1:58:50 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Somebody had to pay for the account, right?"

Not necessarily. All you do is buy the phone, steal or import a SIM chip from somewhere (e.g. China) and find a hack on the web (or China) for the Nokia phone model.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-03-15 6:57:12 PM|| 2005-03-15 6:57:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Hopefully if they thought the phone was going to be shredded they got a little sloppy and left something worthwhile on it.

Posted by Dar 2005-03-15 8:22:23 PM|| 2005-03-15 8:22:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Click Menu >Call info >Calls received and see what number(s) comes up, if anything.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-15 8:55:50 PM|| 2005-03-15 8:55:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 They would be using prepaid sims/phone cards/ Hard to track. As easy to get as walking in to a store that sells them and paying cash and walking out. I saw a phone purchased just that way on Sunday. No verifying ID or any other info. Just cash and a prepaied card.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-03-15 10:30:15 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-03-15 10:30:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 So are you supposed to connect the boomer to the ringer?

Posted by Bobby 2005-03-15 10:33:43 PM|| 2005-03-15 10:33:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Some proposals I made several years ago for these things included:

1) at the primitive level call each cellphone once a day in the off chance that is turned on. (telemarketing to make a boom!)

2) more useful would be to imbed a hidden case interlock detection switch. Perhaps it should be a hall effect type switch where if is triggered once (even when turned off) it will always be triggered. It should be imbedded in the case right where it would seperated.

3) If the switch above exists the phone should always announce when turned on to the CBSC/BTS if it has ever been tampered with.

4)The prefered way to deal with a tampered phone is to set an alert and track it. Tampered phones should get a random wrong number call 1 or 2 hours after being turned on the first time. If it is turned off before that time then the next time it is turned on it should get a random call within seconds of being turned on.

5) A tampered phone should be tracked for the rest of its existance.

2,3 and 4 should be required for all cellphones made anywhere in the world

All new phone numbers or sims should get some telemarketing calls on the off chance it will set off a bomb.

The main problem?
This needs to be a global industry initiative.
How do we get 12+ Chinese manufacturers signed up?

Posted by 3dc 2005-03-15 11:48:57 PM|| 2005-03-15 11:48:57 PM|| Front Page Top

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