Good find, thanks. Apparently there are some data plans that are only authorized for use with certain phone models (i.e., the phones are locked-down so that the plan is not as "valuable"), which are identified by IMEI, so this could fit.
I wonder, do you have to be doing it strictly "to obtain telecommunications service without authorization", as opposed to increasing privacy? I noticed the text doesn't say "with intent to defraud" like the surrounding paragraphs[0].
I wonder, do you have to be doing it strictly "to obtain telecommunications service without authorization", as opposed to increasing privacy? I noticed the text doesn't say "with intent to defraud" like the surrounding paragraphs[0].
[0] http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1029