Fluid_Kale_5599

Fluid_Kale_5599 t1_iy627rp wrote

>the phone cannot be activated (making it worthless)

It's not worthless to the thief if they can sell it to some unsuspecting idiot that isn't aware the IMEI is blocked. Which is exactly what will happen.

They'll put it on Craigslist, meet somebody in a parking lot, show them that the phone boots into Android/iOS and get paid cash for it. Buyer won't realize it's IMEI blocked until they put a SIM in it. And now the thief has fucked two people over.

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Fluid_Kale_5599 t1_iy61beg wrote

Only if they try to activate it on the same carrier in many cases. And even then you can only do it if you bought it through the carrier. This applies to Android only.

iPhone is easier as Apple will lock the device itself.

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Fluid_Kale_5599 t1_iwhpi1l wrote

>the brown family and because of them and the east and west indies trading company

So what you're saying is that Brown University is named after racists and should be renamed Floyd University in honor of the greatest American to ever live, George Floyd

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