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From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: free calls?
Message-ID: <1990Aug6.004001.22403@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Date: 6 Aug 90 00:40:01 GMT
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Reply-To: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
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Several years ago, the feds busted some people in the NYC area for
exactly the action you describe: cloning ESN chips.  I suspect that
what you describe is possible, but not desirable.  You will likely
suffer the indignity of moving to new quarters, typically equipped with
unusual locks, at short notice.

The cell-sellers claim that theft of phones is "no problem" because you
can, in theory, disable a 'hot' phone's use nationwide within minutes.
What they do NOT mention is most stolen phones emerge in Latin America
(or farther south) where such luxuries as stolen ESN blocking are not
bothered with.

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