Paul Wouters wrote:
On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Ian Stirling wrote:
Reflashing never gets you back a different account number, it keys off the
IMEI, which is not flashable. (well, perhaps it is, but it's not flashable
from the linux side, and AIUI, nobody else knows how at the moment.)
I really hope the IMEI number is not available to every application or even
the kernel itself. Perhaps only when booting the phone with some special setting
in which case it refuses to use the GSM network, so people cannot be coerced
into
enabling this identifying mark. We already went through this with the pentium
serial number.
You don't have to use this scheme.
If you choose not to, it may be a minute - at most, reading through a
couple of screens explaining why registering may be a good idea, and
picking no, and 'don't bother me again.'
If anyone picks up your phone, they will simply see
"In shipping from FIC to user (delivery confirmed)" as the last entry.
The IMEI is readable out of the modem with standard AT commands.
There is even a standard across all GSM phones to get it to display it.
It's worse than you think.
When you turn the GSM module on, this number uniquely identifies your
phone, it can be accurately tracked where you are, and 'they' can even
make voices in your head appear. (if you answer it when they call).
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