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peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange ("☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻") wrote:
“#JossWright, an associate professor at the #UniversityOfOxford who specialises in #cybersecurity, said it was easier to use stolen #British #phones in #China than elsewhere because many of the country’s #NetworkProviders did not #subscribe to an international #blacklist that barred devices that had been reported #stolen.
“That means that a stolen #iPhone that has been blocked in the #UK can be used without any problems in China,”
<https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/london-became-a-global-hub-for-phone-theft-now-we-know-why-20251016-p5n2zx.html> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/A5DIg>