In a message dated 8/12/2006 8:42:53 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The password entry requirement can not be bypassed nor can it be read off the SIM to allow it to be entered). Thus a lost SIM would appear to be useless to a thief. BTW: I thought that it was the combination of the Phone Serial Number and the SIM info not just the SIM that validated the right to make/receive calls. IOW: Porting the SIM to another phone (without "registering" the Phone with your provider) will not work. >> I got 411,00 hits on 'Decoding SIM from cell phone'. In a nutshell seems like there are commercial tools to do this. Probably the bad guys have access to google too! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
