New Bill Would Make It Illegal to Circumvent Phone Registry
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The person has already broke a law by stealing the phone. What real deterent is there for the person to not make the phone usable? I agree with another commentor that it sounds like a move by a politician trying to say "look, I am protecting you". I don't see anything good about this except to add to the number of overlapping laws to increase the appearance of action. Probably easier to just catch the theif and jail them for the actual crime that causes harm.
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True, but if the politicians in this country aren't seen proposing laws, then people might just start to wonder where the taxpayers' money is being spent. I agree that it's a futile effort used only to make it seem like they are doing their jobs.
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"...if the politicians in this country aren't seen proposing laws, then people might just start to wonder where the taxpayers' money is being spent"
I really hope that's not something that happens. If it does, soon, everything will be illegal. I'm not being literal, but I don't need new laws to feel protected. I need the current laws enforced. Simply disabling a stolen phone does not stop the fact that the original theft occured, and it doesn't make up for it either. There are probably tens of thousands of stolen phones every month, are the feds really going to spend the money to find/track all of these phone users to make arrests? Very doubtful, that kind of funding probably doesnt exist.
Why not just propose a new Theft law that p...
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I really hope that's not something that happens. If it does, soon, everything will be illegal. I'm not being literal, but I don't need new laws to feel protected. I need the current laws enforced. Simply disabling a stolen phone does not stop the fact that the original theft occured, and it doesn't make up for it either. There are probably tens of thousands of stolen phones every month, are the feds really going to spend the money to find/track all of these phone users to make arrests? Very doubtful, that kind of funding probably doesnt exist.
Why not just propose a new Theft law that p...
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Believe me. I know how you feel. I've watched the political machine for several years now, and what I've seen alarms me to no end. For decades, the congress and talking heads have circled around problems over and over, never offering plausible solutions and giving the appearance that they would prefer to have the problem around for debate rather than ever solving the issue. Enforcement of current laws IS the key, but a change needs to come. Solutions need to be sought and put into place rather then arguing endlessly.
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Well first, Chucky Schumer has never met a camera he has not liked. But on this I agree. But there are laws already about tampering with phones identification. Who's going to get burned, the guy who flashes his Sprints ESN to like VM or whathaveyou so as to get the device on line. BTW this is already illegal and in some ways fraud.
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Good thing they don't have that down her in SLV I buy phones from everywhere and from any one as long it is a GSM phone fix it or clean it up a little bit and resale it.
But I what I don't get is isn't better just to pay for insurance once a month I reported over 8 phones ¨stolen¨ to the company all they say is. OK sir which phone do you want now? They don't care because they know that phone will work with their network and as long people pays the bill or just but prepaid cards they are not losing.
so if your going to get like an Iphone or any expensive phone just get insurance for it
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But I what I don't get is isn't better just to pay for insurance once a month I reported over 8 phones ¨stolen¨ to the company all they say is. OK sir which phone do you want now? They don't care because they know that phone will work with their network and as long people pays the bill or just but prepaid cards they are not losing.
so if your going to get like an Iphone or any expensive phone just get insurance for it
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