What about getting say 15 IMSI/SIMs and using one set of 5 at home, one set
of 5 at work and one set of 5 on the go, or just alternating randomly?
This really feels like we or someone needs to redesign a new type of system
for calls/phones, this system feels like it's compromised beyond the point
of recovery. I think Mike Hearn type bitcoin micropayment channel setup for
roaming onto Wifi to create a mesh network would be ideal, but the problem
is user adoption. Perhaps it could work in a bitcoin-popular city like
Berlin or Bratislava?


On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Pavol Luptak <wilder@???> wrote:

> On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 04:10:52PM -0400, Vitalik Buterin wrote:
> > Hmm, would it be possible to change IMEIs even more rapidly, eg. once
> every 10min and/or every time the signal drops?
>
> E.g. after every call. The problem is that your IMSI (SIM card) is the same
> even you change your IMEI frequently, so I think mobile operators are able
> to detect a crazy guy with the same IMSI who changes his IMEI frequently
> (for them it looks like you put your SIM card to a new phone after every
> call:)
>
> So from this point of view, it is necessary to change IMSI frequently
> (and cloning SIM cards is not easy now - like it was in the past) what can
> be
> a problem (it's necessary to have many anonymous SIM cards).
>
> > Although then I suppoose you could get caught simply because lots of
> disappearing IMEIs would be located to your home address.
>
> You can make a pool of IMEI of your neighbours and use them frequently :-)
>
> Pavol
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