Re:Answering Every Question You Have About IMEI Numbers
by lxgr on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @08:20PM
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Good point, and implementing a "this IMEI calls 911 to ask for the time of day every hour" block on the side of the networks seems risky as well, so I get how it might not be that helpful.
But then I wonder why having an IMSI (as far as I understand, the SIM can be deactivated, foreign etc., i.e. it doesn't need to actually register to the network) improves this in Germany?
Maybe German authorities just hope that having to insert a SIM might deter people, since SIMs are perceived as being personally identifiable more than just phones without a SIM?
But then I wonder why having an IMSI (as far as I understand, the SIM can be deactivated, foreign etc., i.e. it doesn't need to actually register to the network) improves this in Germany?
Maybe German authorities just hope that having to insert a SIM might deter people, since SIMs are perceived as being personally identifiable more than just phones without a SIM?