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Mexico will shutdown 25.9 million cell phones

Several months ago, as a way to prevent the use of cellular in criminal activities, the government of Mexico started a program to force everyone to register their cell phones to their name. »pixelaris.wordpress.com/ ··· por-sms/ The register consists in associate the cell phone to their CURP. The CURP or Clave Unica de Registro de Registro de Problación, or Unique key of population register, is supposed to be an unique ID for every Mexican citizen. ( »curp.troyaestrategias.co ··· curp.htm ) But yesterday the time line to register the cell phones has expire and so far there are 39 millions of Cell phones without register. While the procedure is simple, sending a text message with the CURP to a special number, most people do not want to register, some has been wary of the use the government will do with the data, others did not understand or did not know the procedure. So far only 69% have register, most of then in the last few days, while the system to register has been over saturated. So in and unprecedented move for any country, the Mexican government is announcing the shutdown 25.9 millions of cell phone lines. Meanwhile, as a measure of protest, hundreds of people have register their cell phones, to the name of the president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, to show how pointless is the register..."
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»www.jornada.unam.mx/2010 ··· 024n1eco
If this happened around the globe many would get rid of the cell for good. I know some who cant live without it but if the president asked for the US to do it, I would sign it up in his name too.

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I don't understand the point of the registration? If the U.S. Federal government wants to know my name, based on my cell phone number, all they have to do is issue a warrant(less) to my mobile carrier.

Here's a idea: Stop allowing pre-paid/reloadable cell phones that can be purchased for $10 dollars at the local gas station.
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If the majority is using GSM then forget it. There are ways around it, because all you have to do is pop in a different pre-paid SIM card to your phone. CDMA is more tricky, as there is no SIM card and the phone can be blacklisted because it's all hardwired into the phone.

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You can blacklist an IMEI, as well. Same gig. People will find a way around it though. I've seen cells registered as Donald or Daisy Duck, Rocky Stallone etc.
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You ca blacklist an IMEI, as well. Same gig.
I don't think that even matters, as you can buy heaps on cheapo 10 dollar phones from stores and ebay.

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Precisely. People will find a way around it.
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Precisely. People will find a way around it.
If it was all CDMA they might actually accomplish something, heh...

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Precisely. People will find a way around it.
In my opinion you could say this does little to affect real criminals but looks all sweet on the surface. Kind of like M$ genuine scheme as it only hurts the real users but then after all who wants to register for a crime they haven't committed yet.

I'm off to get some more popcorn...

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If it was all CDMA they might actually accomplish something, heh...
The bad news is you can clone CDMA ESN's if they are in analog mode.
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Analog mode? What's that?

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Many people from the US and Canada take their cells to Mexico, but they only operate in analog. That becomes a problem. Or, a benefit.
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Many people from the US and Canada take their cells to Mexico, but they only operate in analog. That becomes a problem. Or, a benefit.
About as much privacy as a CB radio, lol...
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Even in Mexico 25.9 million phones are not used by criminals.

It would just be an extra headachce for the major Mexican telecoms. Some of those are run by billionaires with connections.

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Who needs cell phones anyway? All these I-Phones and Blackberries and Androids, just another way for the government to track what we're doing at any point in time. I wouldn't even own a landline if child services didn't force me to!

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Who needs cell phones anyway? All these I-Phones and Blackberries and Androids, just another way for the government to track what we're doing at any point in time. I wouldn't even own a landline if child services didn't force me to!
Agreed. You probably shouldnt use the internet either.
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It would just be an extra headachce for the major Mexican telecoms. Some of those are run by billionaires with connections.
There is only one cell phone company and the billionaire who owns it, Carlos Slim, beat Bill Gates out of being the world's richest man last year. As soon as he gets wind of this he will pay the government a bit more than what the US gubbermint payed to have this asinine project hatched. Problem solved. Welcome to Mexico, you ignorant gringos.
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I register my phones under the name "FunnyBones".

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I register my phones under the name "FunnyBones".
I think the name has been taken...

Speaking of that, I wonder where is FB is? Haven't seen them for ages it seems. A 'Permanent Vacation'?

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said by dave:

I register my phones under the name "FunnyBones".
I think the name has been taken...

Speaking of that, I wonder where is FB is? Haven't seen them for ages it seems. A 'Permanent Vacation'?
Could be but then what am I'm doing browsing bbr at this time of the day.

I will say that I left of my own free will.