LifeEngineer wrote
Really stupid.
Anything that makes market mafia's life easier, and consumer's harder. Is not stupid for our dear customs.
But I'd like to ask a question. From a technical perspective, how can they make a foreign phone not work on our network?
What's the definition of a "foreign phone". Unless they open the box of every phone sold in Lebanon, I cannot see that feasible. They need to identify the phone. And I doubt foreign counties would collaborate on this stupid endeavor. I'm having a hard time explaining my question, but simply put, I don't think our carriers can technically do that, can they? Does anyone know how it would work?
From a legal/ethical perspective. Since when is asking people for their IMEIs even legal? Aren't we protected by laws from outside Lebanon that our country signed for*? This is madness!
*I know there are some international laws our country signed for, like peace and whatnot. Is there one for technology and stuff?