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What is worse is that phone carriers wont even tell you who is using your phone, even if they know it is a stolen phone.]]>Apr 15th 2007 12:15AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/04/14/uk-effectively-blocking-stolen-phones/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/04/14/uk-effectively-blocking-stolen-phones/I do not know why the US wont do something like this.]]>Apr 15th 2007 1:10AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/04/14/uk-effectively-blocking-stolen-phones/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/04/14/uk-effectively-blocking-stolen-phones/Apr 15th 2007 1:53AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/04/14/uk-effectively-blocking-stolen-phones/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/04/14/uk-effectively-blocking-stolen-phones/
All in all, I'm in favor of ESN/IMEI blacklisting, but ONLY for theft.]]>Apr 15th 2007 3:22AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/04/14/uk-effectively-blocking-stolen-phones/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/04/14/uk-effectively-blocking-stolen-phones/
As for changing IMEIs, that's been illegal for just as long. Increasing the penalties is only a good thing, though.

This is probably the one of the few things that we've managed to get right early on and not screw up down the line :)]]>Apr 15th 2007 8:52AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/04/14/uk-effectively-blocking-stolen-phones/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/04/14/uk-effectively-blocking-stolen-phones/Who cares? No one is going to get caught doing it.]]>Apr 15th 2007 1:36PM