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Article #5474Re: free calls?
From: David Lesher
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 1990 00:40
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 1990 00:40
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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. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.....wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu & no one will talk to a host that's close............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!umigw!mthvax!wb8foz 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 References: <32457@cup.portal.com> <30@mq.UUCP> Reply-To: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Distribution: na Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews abusers Lines: 17