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On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???> wrote:

> This is really creepy. I discovered that every mobile phone has an IMEI
> number, and that it is illegal to change this number. There's a device
> on the antenna of mobile phones which is illegal to modify. This IMEI
> number is mandated by government rules.
>
> If everyone uses mobile phones in the future, this means general purpose
> computers which all have a unique assigned ID that cannot be changed.
> Every computer would be in people's pockets and tracked via this
> government issued ID.
>
> I discovered this number because here in the UK, the ISPs offer 2
> services: a decent service for mobile phones and a terrible service for
> computer USB dongles. You can take the mobile phone SIM and use it in an
> unlocked (hacked) laptop dongle and use it for 1-2 weeks before they
> block it based on the manufacturer's IMEI number.
>
> They charge huge prices and limit your download data for computers. It's
> wrong and worse it is illegal to hack your own devices to broadcast a
> different IMEI number to challenge them separating computer users
> without a mobile phone into their own ghetto. You can still use the same
> data plan by tethering a mobile phone (they allow it), but you cannot
> use a USB dongle directly into a computer.
>
> This forces anyone who needs mobile internet to purchase mobile phones,
> the best surveillance technology. Maybe your house doesn't have a line,
> maybe you're a squatter or maybe you move around constantly.
>
> --
> Jesus pirated bread. Gave it to hundreds.
>
> Baker: "we need better legislation."
>
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Sincerely,

Cody R. Wilson
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The University of Texas School of Law
Class of 2014