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Old cell phones as well as new ones can be remotely \u2018bricked,\u2019 and all it takes is a simple call to the service provider.  If this practice is used widely, it could have the positive effect of cutting down on cell phone thefts.  Phone snatchers would come to realize that the phones they steal would most likely become useless before they can be sold.<\/p>\n

Gray and Lanier are promoting bricking through a new website that provides cell phone owners with instructions and advice about remotely disabling a cell phone.  Some owners may be reluctant to take this step because they harbor a fantasy that they might someday get their phones back.  Unfortunately, this idea is little more than a pipe dream.  The authorities never recover the vast majority of stolen cell phones.  Once stolen, a phone tends to stay that way.<\/p>\n

Wireless carriers are doing their part to try to discourage theft.  In addition to remotely disabling phones on request, the nation’s major carriers have agreed to cooperate with authorities by creating a comprehensive database listing stolen phones.  This may help police to identify them far more effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a time and a place for almost everything, even bricking cell phones.  Washington, D.C.  Mayor Vincent C Gray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1821],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNation's capital advocating bricking cell phones<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There is a time and a place for almost everything, even bricking cell phones.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/nations-capital-advocating-bricking-cell-phones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nation's capital advocating bricking cell phones\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" 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