Verizon did manage to convince the FCC that this was enough a problem to change their settlement agreement[0] requiring more frequent unlocks. If you believe th

Verizon did manage to convince the FCC that this was enough a problem to change their settlement agreement[0] requiring more frequent unlocks. If you believe their numbers, they lost 700,000 phones to fraud in 2023, although a lot of those were probably any unlocked phone that defaulted on its payments. [0] https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-revises-verizon-phone-unlocking-rules-after-significant-fraud-issues-2026-01-12/ https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-revises-v...