I-Jacking.

Here is the story LINK. (too long to put in here)

 

I agree and hope it does happen as it would create one less thing to worry about when one is walking down the street and some one decides to grab the ipod of that person. I hope this does happen and also do wish that our cell providers also subscribe to a national service of blacklisted cell phones that once flagged in the system those phones never see the day light on the networks (similar to what happens in Europe).

 

Are you sure US operators don't block blacklisted IMSI's? I'm pretty sure most developed countries do that, otherwise the market would get flooded with stolen phones via organized crime groups. It's in the operators best interest to block stolen phones....well, except some operators in some 3rd world countries where almost all the phones there are stolen :O

 

Yes I am sure and none of the GSM providers do keep a list.

 

Yes I am pretty positive hf1jkhal is correct the US does not have any type of blacklist kept on stolen or lost phones.

I don't believe they really care to be honest with you, phones are different here then in other countries since we don't have the same market where you can go into a phone store & buy a phone at anytime (except for buying them from a carrier at an even higher price)

 

Why do they allowed stolen phones on their networks?

I don't think they simply don't care. Some guy in a suit at Cingular sat down at his desk, read some documents, talked to some people, and then made a decision based on what would be in Cingulars best interest. Somehow I don't see why having stolen phones on their network benefit them, but then I'm on the outside looking in. Maybe they have a good reason for it

 

I think it has to do with the investmetn in a system that can do that and their current system can not do that right now. The system right now only keeps the IMEI of the the phone that is active on the phone and once removed it no longer shows in the record.

 

Isn't checking the IMSI/IMEI part of the standard authentication procedure when attaching to a GSM/UMTS network? Don't all HLR/VLR's have an EIR? I've always thought of it as a "standard" feature, rather than an "add-on".

 

Good question. Another thing that I jsut remembered, with AT&T on the prepaid system, I think they can do some thing as at many times some prepaid phone that are not sold and registered properly seem to end up unusable and the buyer will have to go to the point of purchase to get that fixed. To me that is like bloacking a stolen phone. But as we all know the pre-paid system is diferent than the post paid system.

 

Ha, ha! T-Mobile in Texas got jacked for $50k worth of phones, and they can't even block them off their network since they don't support IMEI blocking??! :lmao::lmao:

Thieves take off with $50,000 worth of cellphones - Engadget

...well I guess it doesn't matter. They'll probably just end up in Mexico or have the IMEI electronically changed anyway...

 

I had a co worker a few years back, he had his stolen and it ended up being one of our higher up bosses. He was on camera must have slipped his mind. Why would someone who was making over $100,000 need a $300 used Ipod??? This was at an old job of mine.

 

If you've never read it, "The Millionaire Next Door" (Thomas Stanley & William Danko) is an interesting read and could shed some light.

 

No I know exactly why it was more a figure of speech than anything.:O