-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In list.cypherpunks, an172607@anon.penet.fi writes:
AT&T's Steve Fleischer, speaking to Newsbytes, said such cloning operations have become such a successful criminal industry that some criminals sell the phones with 30-day guarantees.
"If a number is cut off, you can bring it back to the cellular bandits and have it reprogrammed for no additional charge," he explained. "It costs the carriers around $1 million a day."
He paused, then added: "It just shows how big a demand there is for wireless communications."
Does anyone else think this is funny (in both senses of the word)? The cell-phraud system shows a demand for cheap, though illegal, phone service. The wireless aspect is pretty much incidental to the fraud aspect, no? - -- Roy M. Silvernail [ ] roy@cybrspc.mn.org PGP public key available by mail echo /get /pub/pubkey.asc | mail file-request@cybrspc.mn.org These are, of course, my opinions (and my machines) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.1 iQCVAwUBLw7vEhvikii9febJAQGLlgQAiteZ/51syb6gSkiwWMLs9oQ+99hMxbps L7rshpeQ0xDM7GN+Szz4PiQ4CQrqMlxxkvgppsrRbU2E5WPv8IGvW9pa6gWx8Y9B H/ZwmjSz1lIMCATh5osFt9myK3nkwHasxjGYqpyJJwcbTd+rQi8/lIv1EYcxv+HX qtiHdjrFvbE= =D0AH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----