<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Doesn't IEMI blocking only work on Australian carriers. EG you block stolen phone it goes overseas and it works </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: John Edwards <jaedwards@gmail.com> </div><div>Date: 9/7/19 1:53 pm (GMT+08:00) </div><div>To: Robert Hudson <hudrob@gmail.com> </div><div>Cc: "AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net> </div><div>Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Tracing a stolen mobile phone </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.amta.org.au/pages/Lost.and.stolen.phones">http://www.amta.org.au/pages/Lost.and.stolen.phones</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><b>7.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></b><b>No tracking of lost or stolen mobiles:</b></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px">Your carrier does not track lost and stolen mobiles and they cannot be pinpointed.</div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px">I have spotted devices with the logos of Australian carriers in the windows of phone shops around South East Asia, which might give you some clues as to how effective IEMI blocking is.</div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px">John</div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 at 15:16, Robert Hudson <<a href="mailto:hudrob@gmail.com">hudrob@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Is it possible for a mobile carrier in Australia to locate a stolen mobile phone, via the police (they've been notified, and a case number issued)?</div><div><br></div><div>We know the data is there (metadata, etc), but can it be used by the owner of a device to locate it (or to have the location found by the police to track/recover it)?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Robert</div></div>
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