> You can be arrested for even owning the iPhone 16, and are encouraged to report people owning it - this is some real authoritarian loser energy.
Dramatic comments require dramatic sources. This is WILD conjecture and I'm almost certain you're relying on a bizarre interpretation of the Ministry's statement on these devices not being certified.
They are prohibiting the use, import, and sale of the product because it is not yet certified. This is exactly the same way it works in the US. If you import a product that is not FCC certified, it is illegal. You will be asked to stop using it, but to say you're subject to arrest is SpongeBob levels of hyperventilation. An arrest is reserved for things like communication jamming of airports, not for someone using an uncertified device.
I also love the contradiction here - Apple fans will say it's OK for Apple to prevent "illegal devices" from its iMessage network, but now here it's not OK for Indonesia's Ministry of Industry to prevent actual statutorily illegal IMEIs from wireless networks.
Dramatic comments require dramatic sources. This is WILD conjecture and I'm almost certain you're relying on a bizarre interpretation of the Ministry's statement on these devices not being certified.
They are prohibiting the use, import, and sale of the product because it is not yet certified. This is exactly the same way it works in the US. If you import a product that is not FCC certified, it is illegal. You will be asked to stop using it, but to say you're subject to arrest is SpongeBob levels of hyperventilation. An arrest is reserved for things like communication jamming of airports, not for someone using an uncertified device.
I also love the contradiction here - Apple fans will say it's OK for Apple to prevent "illegal devices" from its iMessage network, but now here it's not OK for Indonesia's Ministry of Industry to prevent actual statutorily illegal IMEIs from wireless networks.
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