Claude

Good question and I think in the lines of creating an independent database that will keep a list of all blacklisted stolen items and then create awareness to the public as well as make the ISPs use it.

Thanks
Jackson


On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Claude,

1. Buy Samsung phones - there are those with tracking capability - sending SMS when SIM card is changed
    Let me say here and now that I don't trust any Android trackers as they can be circumvented.
2. Take insurance for your phone and stop worrying about theft - or any other damage that renders it useless.

On 12 February 2013 09:10, Claude D'souza <claudedsouza1@gmail.com> wrote:
While we're on the subject and knowing full well that we will all
eventually fall victim to the same...what are some of the measures you
can take for protection and after?

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:
> Naomba Local and Regional OpCos waungane mkono.A mohammed Ali shud do an
> investigation on this.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I agree. Three possibilities:
>>
>> 1.  The stolen phones are yet to get a buyer  :)
>> 2.  The stolen phones are now generating revenue for another operator
>> other than the one you are monitoring on
>> 3.  God forbid, the IMEIs of the stolen phones have been tampered with
>> (changed to something that is deemed valid to the local operators)
>>
>> The show-stopper in containing handset theft is more
>> operational/regulatory than technical.
>>
>> So long as a handset blacklisted on one network can still be used on
>> another regional network, we are in for a looong ride.
>> Simple collaboration between the regional OpCos (sharing of blacklisted
>> IMEIs) will drastically cut down  the market for stolen handsets. But then,
>> it's all about the bottom line... not so?
>>
>> PS : Am I misguided to think that the enforcement of the
>> 'fake-phone-switch-off' was superficially done? My guess is that these
>> OpCo's may simply be sniffing out for handsets that bear no IMEI as opposed
>> to doing a comprehensive look-up of the IMEIs that latch onto their network.
>> (GSMA has the full database)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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