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An Easy Way To Curb Smart-Phone Thieves, In Australia

Posted by timothy on from the thanks-a-lot-jerks-at-att dept.

First time accepted submitter xx_chris writes "Cell carriers can and do brick jail broken cell phones but they won't brick stolen cell phones. Except in Australia. The Australians apparently have been doing this for 10 years and it reduces violent crime since the thieves know they won't be able to sell the stolen phone. The article points out that cell carriers have a financial disincentive to do this since a stolen phone means another sale."

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  1. Re:They do not brick by Hope+Thelps · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know what you're supposed to do when you find a phone, right?

    Write a submission to Slashdot saying it might be an iPhone 5 prototype cleverly disguised in an old Nokia case?

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