▲ 38 ▼ Nearly two-fifths of robberies in London last year were for mobile phones (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] alchemy88@lemmy.team 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Even if they're blocked I think that only applies to certain countries too. So they likely just get sent abroad and used there! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 3 years ago My info on IMEI blacklisting is probably out of date, but it used to be that different regions operated their own lists (since phones were normally sold for a specific region). That meant that stolen phones would often just get shipped abroad, even with a bar in place for the UK. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 3 years ago My info on IMEI blacklisting is probably out of date, but it used to be that different regions operated their own lists (since phones were normally sold for a specific region). That meant that stolen phones would often just get shipped abroad, even with a bar in place for the UK. permalink fedilink source parent