On Wed, Mar 17 2010, Cláudio Sampaio wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Frédéric Ledain > <[email protected]> wrote: > > You won't be able to retrieve the SIM phone number, but rather the IMSI > code. This can be used to detect SIM swap. > > IMEI will only identify the device. > > Is this a software or hardware limitation? My previous mobile phones showed > me the number correctly when I inserted a new chip.
AFAIK, no API gives the SIM phone number, as this is an information which belongs to the mobile operator. Actually, the correspondance IMSI <-> SIM phone number is made at mobile operator side. I think that anti-theft mecanism can securely be based on IMSI swap detection. Phone number doesn't add any valuable information in this context. Frederic _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
