The system works this way: - there is a blacklist of TAC (initial part of IMEI that identify manufacturer, model and sub model: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T... [wikipedia.org]) - actually info for this blacklist is furnished by manufacturers, that will probably include all their models regardless of being or not sold in Brazil, but this can be later changed by Anatel, restricting the list - there will be a whitelist of "blacklisted IMEIs" activated in the network before March 17th, 2014 - there will be a blacklist of permitted IMEI (e.g. an iPhone sold in Brazil) that were used (i.e. cloned) in "IMEI configurable" Chinese smartphones/tablet - there will be a whitelist of IMEI+IMSI to identify the original cloned (I don't know who will identify the original one if many claims to be the original one) - block will be set in the network on each individual IMEI - permission will be set in the network for specific IMEI+IMSI - the system is tailored to control individual IMEIs and not only generic TAC Do you see the potential of chaos? Chinese smartphone seller will setup "change your IMEI daily" services and it will be cat and mouse play until a complete mess... and mobile operator will hardly divert resource to help in solving it or handle complaints...
The system works this way:
- there is a blacklist of TAC (initial part of IMEI that identify manufacturer, model and sub model: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...)
- actually info for this blacklist is furnished by manufacturers, that will probably include all their models regardless of being or not sold in Brazil, but this can be later changed by Anatel, restricting the list
- there will be a whitelist of "blacklisted IMEIs" activated in the network before March 17th, 2014
- there will be a blacklist of permitted IMEI (e.g. an iPhone sold in Brazil) that were used (i.e. cloned) in "IMEI configurable" Chinese smartphones/tablet
- there will be a whitelist of IMEI+IMSI to identify the original cloned (I don't know who will identify the original one if many claims to be the original one)
- block will be set in the network on each individual IMEI
- permission will be set in the network for specific IMEI+IMSI
- the system is tailored to control individual IMEIs and not only generic TAC
Do you see the potential of chaos? Chinese smartphone seller will setup "change your IMEI daily" services and it will be cat and mouse play until a complete mess... and mobile operator will hardly divert resource to help in solving it or handle complaints...
Probably yes (initial IMEI list will be provided by manufacturers) but once you have this system in place the government might use it more effectively to control and block smartphones not sold in Brazil. Why do you need such a system? Mobile operators hate it (if you pay you are ok), Anatel (the Brazilian FCC) approves GSM standards and most of smartphones abide to these standards, there's no technical reason here.
The system can control individual IMEIs and it will also be used to control stolen devices
It was about to start blocking in April, but someone in the government got a ping from someone else about being very bad news blocking phones during the world cup... But it's not certain it will begin in September or if will ever start blocking, given all mobile operators are against this "system"
BTW this is not only about Chinese smartphone (where you can change IMEI in a snap), it is about blocking smartphones not sold in Brazil (although nobody will ever admit it in the government). IMEI can differentiate between an A1457 sold in Brazil and one sold in Europe, and HTC is not sold at all here
I mean, it may appear to be an article for cheap country based hate but actually is Brazilian government that expose himself to the ridicule sustaining something being done for technical reasons when in reality is a pure fiscal issue.
What do you think about shared consensus technology (i.e. bitcoin)? Are they the bazaar while centralized entities (like the Fed) are the cathedrals? Do you think these technologies can be used in other areas in addition to bitcoin and play an important role in the future Internet?
Big brother's coming! They already tried two years ago to put this on all cars, then the law vanished... Now they're trying again... let's see if they'll be able to overcome privacy and "distribution" problems...
How would they know which artist is "pirated" and how to calculate the share of the tax money for each "pirated" artist?
In Italy we have such a tax on CD and DVD, and guess who gets the money? Certainly not the artists...
You may not know it but many prosecutors here in Italy are well known for being quite stupid and just trying to appear on newspapers. Laws in Italy are sometimes so complicated that they can justify any kind of "crime"
Then someone will find out that 1% of all alerts are lost and MS will create "SureAlert" that will send a notification that your alert has been lost. Then 1% of notifications will be lost...
>> The same thing holds true for Yahoo, Microsoft and any social networking site that chooses to operate in jurisdictions where privacy of the individual is not paramount in the legal system.
I didn't know that individual privacy was parmaount in US legal system. I visited US from Europe last month and they took all of my data, fingerprint and photo at port of entry... and put on Windows systems
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The system works this way:
- there is a blacklist of TAC (initial part of IMEI that identify manufacturer, model and sub model: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T... [wikipedia.org])
- actually info for this blacklist is furnished by manufacturers, that will probably include all their models regardless of being or not sold in Brazil, but this can be later changed by Anatel, restricting the list
- there will be a whitelist of "blacklisted IMEIs" activated in the network before March 17th, 2014
- there will be a blacklist of permitted IMEI (e.g. an iPhone sold in Brazil) that were used (i.e. cloned) in "IMEI configurable" Chinese smartphones/tablet
- there will be a whitelist of IMEI+IMSI to identify the original cloned (I don't know who will identify the original one if many claims to be the original one)
- block will be set in the network on each individual IMEI
- permission will be set in the network for specific IMEI+IMSI
- the system is tailored to control individual IMEIs and not only generic TAC
Do you see the potential of chaos? Chinese smartphone seller will setup "change your IMEI daily" services and it will be cat and mouse play until a complete mess... and mobile operator will hardly divert resource to help in solving it or handle complaints...
The system works this way: - there is a blacklist of TAC (initial part of IMEI that identify manufacturer, model and sub model: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...) - actually info for this blacklist is furnished by manufacturers, that will probably include all their models regardless of being or not sold in Brazil, but this can be later changed by Anatel, restricting the list - there will be a whitelist of "blacklisted IMEIs" activated in the network before March 17th, 2014 - there will be a blacklist of permitted IMEI (e.g. an iPhone sold in Brazil) that were used (i.e. cloned) in "IMEI configurable" Chinese smartphones/tablet - there will be a whitelist of IMEI+IMSI to identify the original cloned (I don't know who will identify the original one if many claims to be the original one) - block will be set in the network on each individual IMEI - permission will be set in the network for specific IMEI+IMSI - the system is tailored to control individual IMEIs and not only generic TAC Do you see the potential of chaos? Chinese smartphone seller will setup "change your IMEI daily" services and it will be cat and mouse play until a complete mess... and mobile operator will hardly divert resource to help in solving it or handle complaints...
Probably yes (initial IMEI list will be provided by manufacturers) but once you have this system in place the government might use it more effectively to control and block smartphones not sold in Brazil. Why do you need such a system? Mobile operators hate it (if you pay you are ok), Anatel (the Brazilian FCC) approves GSM standards and most of smartphones abide to these standards, there's no technical reason here. The system can control individual IMEIs and it will also be used to control stolen devices
It was about to start blocking in April, but someone in the government got a ping from someone else about being very bad news blocking phones during the world cup... But it's not certain it will begin in September or if will ever start blocking, given all mobile operators are against this "system" BTW this is not only about Chinese smartphone (where you can change IMEI in a snap), it is about blocking smartphones not sold in Brazil (although nobody will ever admit it in the government). IMEI can differentiate between an A1457 sold in Brazil and one sold in Europe, and HTC is not sold at all here I mean, it may appear to be an article for cheap country based hate but actually is Brazilian government that expose himself to the ridicule sustaining something being done for technical reasons when in reality is a pure fiscal issue.
What do you think about shared consensus technology (i.e. bitcoin)? Are they the bazaar while centralized entities (like the Fed) are the cathedrals? Do you think these technologies can be used in other areas in addition to bitcoin and play an important role in the future Internet?
Why bother asking Linus to put a backdoor in Linux when it's just easier to ask Intel putting a backdoor in their processors?
Big brother's coming! They already tried two years ago to put this on all cars, then the law vanished... Now they're trying again... let's see if they'll be able to overcome privacy and "distribution" problems...
How would they know which artist is "pirated" and how to calculate the share of the tax money for each "pirated" artist? In Italy we have such a tax on CD and DVD, and guess who gets the money? Certainly not the artists...
You may not know it but many prosecutors here in Italy are well known for being quite stupid and just trying to appear on newspapers. Laws in Italy are sometimes so complicated that they can justify any kind of "crime"
Then someone will find out that 1% of all alerts are lost and MS will create "SureAlert" that will send a notification that your alert has been lost. Then 1% of notifications will be lost...
>> The same thing holds true for Yahoo, Microsoft and any social networking site that chooses to operate in jurisdictions where privacy of the individual is not paramount in the legal system. I didn't know that individual privacy was parmaount in US legal system. I visited US from Europe last month and they took all of my data, fingerprint and photo at port of entry... and put on Windows systems