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Originally Posted by evujumenuk View Post
And if you think anonymity only promotes fraudulent activities then why take the precautions that the Neo900 takes at all? Why not just buy a standard device and let the NSA spy on you?
Of course I'm not, and I was sure you could notice that by my interest in (ab)using HAM standards for data transfer and pagers.

But, as mocked up in the post above this, changing IMEI is a snake-oil for people seeking anonymity (joerg used more technical terms to explain what I was referring to in my last post).

The only real use case i Can think of for changing IMEI (apart from educational experiments) is to allow thieves to easily re-sell device in countries, where stolen IMEI is blocked nation-wide. Which is a snake-oil for buyers of those stolen goods too (BTW, they may be unaware of stolen state of device, purchasing it from e-bay like sites, etc), as if anyone show reasonable (but achievable without zillions of dollars) effort, it can be tracked after IMEI change, too.
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Personally, I prefer Neo900 focusing on things that are *really* working (also working for supporting privacy), instead of things that just "look good" in a paper for average, who got all hyped up about PRISM.

/Estel
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