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Re:Answering Every Question You Have About IMEI Numbers by vegetablepotpie on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @09:55AM (#40223291)
> Can't buy a gsm module for your arduiono

What do you mean by that? Ostensibly I can.

https://www.adafruit.com/product/2687

Note: it’s on back order, but in theory I would be able to buy a GSM module for my Arduino.

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Re:Answering Every Question You Have About IMEI Numbers by AceyMan on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @11:19AM (#40224532)
as a native English speaker I transparently read that as,"there's no point in buying a GSM module [...]", but I can see how others might possibly be tripped up by that construction.
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Re:Answering Every Question You Have About IMEI Numbers by eknkc on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @11:30AM (#40224678)
Oh this is interesting. I’d think it is implied enough that there would be no confusion.

My native Turkish might be seeping through though. Thanks for the heads up.

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Re:Answering Every Question You Have About IMEI Numbers by meeby on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @10:25AM (#40223700)
They mean you can buy the adapter, but it won’t work in Turkey as the EMEI isn’t on the official allowed list and isn’t registered.
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Re:Answering Every Question You Have About IMEI Numbers by circuit10 on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @10:07AM (#40223440)
From reading the message, it wouldn't work in Turkey because the IMEI is blocked
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Re:Answering Every Question You Have About IMEI Numbers by anticensor on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @04:56PM (#40229310)
it is a whitelist, not a blacklist
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Re:Answering Every Question You Have About IMEI Numbers by loufe on Thursday May 02, 2024 @07:59AM (#40235128)
FYI "ostensibly" means 'seemingly, but not actually'. In this case I think you mean just "seemingly".
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