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Re:13,500 Vivo Smartphones found running on same IMEI number by joyj2nd on Saturday June 06, 2020 @02:11PM (#23441142)
You can actually fake the IMEI number on some phones. Be advised that this is a crime in several jurisdictions. (The UK being one of them if I remember correctly)
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Re:13,500 Vivo Smartphones found running on same IMEI number by sudosysgen on Saturday June 06, 2020 @02:36PM (#23441334)
You can really fake the IMEI in most phones. It's just more difficult, or not obvious on the English internet, to do so.
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