On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:

But the telcos have this information already. They can tell what make of phone you use, the IMEI, the activity of your sim ETC. with collaboration with other telcos they can trace your phone wherever you decide to use it. How can a phone be fake anyway if it can make or receive calls?
Are these IMEI's sold by a central organization or something?

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:

@Wash - Not to a SIM card, but to a personal identity - Makes it
easier if your phone was used in a murder scene and you have sold it,
you will be in a better position to name who you sold it to. Look at
what is happening right now, about thugs picking a used scratch card
and throwing it at the scene of crime, then guest who the police call
first, the person who loaded the card :-)
There is a lot of security potential of having your personal details
linked to an IMEI and SIM card.

./Ok3ch

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Odhiambo Washington

<odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know they can, but that is based on the fact that they DON'T think:
>
> 1. I have multiple SIM cards, or I can even lend the phone to another person
> to use..
> 2. I can sell the phone to someone else, who can sell it to someone else,
> who can also sell it to someone else, who then breaks
> it and it becomes junk in someone else's workshop
>
> I am just saying it does not make sense to tie an IMEI to a SIM card! My
> opinion:-)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> @Wash - What can stop CCK from associating your registered SIM card
>> name with this associated IMEI? We have no idea what goes in the
>> background on the short code so it may or may not happen. To me, this
>> can have an advantage and a disadvantage.
>>
>> ./Ok3ch
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Kinpro Computers-All IT soutions
>> > <kinprocomputers@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I think their more on security side than, authenticity.
>> >>
>> >> Registrering you IMEI number means you or someone else using your phone
>> >> can be tracked even if the SIM card is changed.So its all about
>> >> tracking(wether for your good,or governement good of the worse)
>> >
>> >
>> > What do you mean by "registering your IMEI number"?
>> >
>> > I see your statements as quite misleading!
>> >
>> >
>> > --
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>> > Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>> > Nairobi,KE
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