Comment on Nokia: We Don't Know Why Criminals Want Our Old PhonesComments−eli17ySeems like hacking the phone is the trivial part compared to the SIM authentication scheme. What am I missing?−derefr17yPerhaps the phone is old enough that it doesn't use SIM technology? I had a phone just last year that didn't (or at least, that's what they told me when I asked my next provider after that why I couldn't transition it to their network.)−eli17yI'm pretty sure all GSM phones use SIM cards. Perhaps your old phone was a Verizon or PCS phone.Those don't use SIM cards, but they aren't GSM and generally aren't used outside North America.−andyking17yI have one of these in a drawer--it's a bog-standard GSM phone that takes SIM cards.
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Seems like hacking the phone is the trivial part compared to the SIM authentication scheme. What am I missing?
Perhaps the phone is old enough that it doesn't use SIM technology? I had a phone just last year that didn't (or at least, that's what they told me when I asked my next provider after that why I couldn't transition it to their network.)
I'm pretty sure all GSM phones use SIM cards. Perhaps your old phone was a Verizon or PCS phone.
Those don't use SIM cards, but they aren't GSM and generally aren't used outside North America.
I have one of these in a drawer--it's a bog-standard GSM phone that takes SIM cards.