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gandalfian 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The IMEI Code: Your phone’s other number

Also a rare UK success story in brute force lawmaking. People used to hack phones IMEI all the time, lots of utils available. Then anything relating to changing an imei was heavily punished and it all stopped. Nobody would host a utility or a guide or even mention it on a forum. If you did mention it you were banned. It was almost instant.

ykonstant 8 months ago | [–]

That doesn't sound good at all.

Biganon 8 months ago | | [–]

"Success story" does not imply that the greater good was successful

smcin 8 months ago | [–]

... mention it on a UK forum, European forum or any forum?

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