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Re:Over 13k Vivo phones found to be using same IMEI number (... by gadders on Friday June 17, 2022 @07:43AM (#31776739)
It's all fun and games until one gets reported stoled and 13,000 phones all stop working. I think something like this happened in India before.
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Re:Over 13k Vivo phones found to be using same IMEI number (... by octagonal on Friday June 17, 2022 @09:18AM (#31777681)
Many providers in the EU will also gladly block connections based on IMEI if you can prove you're the owner of said IMEI.
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Re:Over 13k Vivo phones found to be using same IMEI number (... by p_l on Friday June 17, 2022 @10:32AM (#31778784)
Some providers auto flag repeated IMEIs
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Re:Over 13k Vivo phones found to be using same IMEI number (... by gadders on Friday June 17, 2022 @11:03AM (#31779237)
Yes, but if 13,000 phones have the same IMEI they all get blocked.
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