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For phones, its so your phone can be locked when stolen. For TV, it is to ensure everyone pays the TV license to fund the BBC.

Both, IMHO, are good things. My phone was stolen, I don't want the lovely person to financially benefit. Also I like everyone to pay for the BBC heck but I am a socialist.

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I know a few people who got their property back because of the registry sometimes laughably years down the line when it was already useless.

The TV license is nearly impossible to get rid off these because you also need to prove you don’t or can’t use bbc iplayer or consume any other publicly funded content online.

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