• Mihies@programming.dev
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    4 days ago

    I wonder whether it’d be possible by tracking serial numbers. You might get the first customer.

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      4 days ago

      You might get the first customer.

      … and then you find something like a Philippinian trading giant where you still can’t know or do a thing.

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      4 days ago

      Potentially, assuming they weren’t stolen or sold off to a secondary buyer from a legit first customer. Problem is another one just pops up in its place.

      I’m not saying don’t persue them, I’m saying it’s a game of state funded whack’a’mole.

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        4 days ago

        Even if they were stolen, you at least know the origin. But yes, it’s not easy to stop leaks of publicly sold items.