2023: Lithuanian mobile operators slam mandatory registration of prepaid SIM cards https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2058007/lithuanian-mobile-operators-slam-mandatory-registration-of-prepaid-sim-cards
2024: Bite Lithuania has concluded a contract with Ondato on a system for identification of its prepaid customers ready for mandatory #SimReg https://www.telecompaper.com/news/bite-lithuania-works-with-ondato-to-prepare-for-prepaid-id-rules--1517843
The previous and current government claimed that #SIMreg / #SIMregistration will solve the #scams and #spams via #SMS.
Then what is this?
Is #SIMregPH law a total failure, or maybe, the government is?
#Philippines #SIMregistrationPH #Privacy #Anonymity #UselessLaw #EpicFail #Fail @pilipinas @philippines
Re: HB9787 or the “Neurodivergent People's Rights Act”
Copy: https://hrep-website.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/legisdocs/basic_19/HB09787.pdf
> For this reason, autistic communities prefer the use of identity-first language.
I'll be surprised if #Autism NGOs doesn't lobby against that.
The “person-first” language is strong in many members of autism NGOs in the country.
Majority of it are a “go” for me. I'm just 50-50 on the database part. While I understand why, it lacks requirement on ensuring the privacy and security of such a database; and a bulleted list and details on what that data will be used for. It should be specific, not broad. Otherwise, I think it is best not to build that database.
We've already seen how useless the #SIMregistration is. They pushed for it simply to collect data. They used scams and spams as a reason, and though people were warned against the uselessness of #SIMreg, the majority fell for it. (We're getting 100% more scams and spams after it was implemented.)
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Namibia ‘mandatory SIM card registration “eases & enables” indiscriminate mass surveillance of the digital communications of everyone operating a SIM card or internet connection in Namibia’ <twas always so https://namibian.com.na/sim-card-registration-and-the-spy-agency/ #SimReg is a gross human rights violating measure implemented in approx 162 countries. Mobile telcos & the trade association the GSMA have done little to challenge it and are almost complicit in it
Italy. mandatory mobile SIM card registration #SimReg
The Authority for the Security in Communications says that mobile operators can now activate SIM a card using the national identity system and the digital ID card or the national services ID.
https://www.punto-informatico.it/attivazione-sim-mnp-spid-cie-cns/
Wait. I thought the #SIMregistration is the solution to SMS spams and scams, sacrificing the #privacy #security and #anonymity of the people, especially those who needs it.
So, what in the world is this? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You have to wonder how may non-criminals are okay with #simReg on the “I have #nothingToHide” basis, obviously naïvely failing to realize that they’ve just been made more vulnerable to phone theft as a consequence of #SIMregistration.
People’s phones are being stolen in #Venezuala because #SIMregistration means criminals who need to use a phone for crime can’t get a burner phone. So the mandatory #simReg #law is actually *causing* more crime that creates more victims.
Venezuala has the #biometric variety of forced simreg:
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/
"Poe seeks probe as text scams continue despite SIM registration law"
#Philippines #SIMreg #SIMregPH #SIMregistration #SIMregistrationPH #USELESS #WeToldYouSo #PRIVACY #SECURITY #WasteOfTaxPayersMoney #NoToSIMregPaRin
I learned this week that there are prepaid SIM numbers that are not showing up in their database hence there is no need to SIM reg.
What is interesting is that, these SIM numbers also doesn't expire. You can use it regularly for SMS and calls, load it, some even have unlimited data (enable a low-tier Internet data and it becomes unlimited).
Here's the kicker, there are people who are looking for these numbers and will buy it for a very high premium. Though I'm suspecting these are from the mobile operators because they are hunting these numbers so they can disable it.
Well…
ROFL.
Keep it!
They said #SMS #spam will be solved if there is #SimRegPH. I guess that's why I'm still getting #spams. ROFLMAOL!!!!!!!!!!!!1
#ToldYou #SimReg #SimRegistrationPH #SimRegistration #Philippines #Privacy #Security #IdentityTheft #BlackMarket #UndergroundMarket #USELESS #DUH
The Philippine government is banking everything on the #Privacy and #Security hellhole called #SIMregistration to solve problems on #scamming and #phishing but they haven't blocked “g0v.ph” which can be used for such.
/facepalm
#Education is what we need, not foolish laws. (We already have a black market for pre-reg SIM cards a few months before the first registration deadline. ROFL.)
Well, we did warn them repeatedly, since the era of former President Duterte when this was first tackled.
#Privacy #Security #Anonymity #SIMregPH #SIMregistrationPH #SIMreg #SIMregistration will never work, especially not in the #Philippines
RE: https://mas.to/users/aljazeera_gotgrip/statuses/110449773979769264
What the? Are you kidding us?
“DICT’s ‘Project: SIM Check Mo’ puts subscribers at risk of number scraping, other attacks”
“The project lets any mobile user to text “SIM Check” plus the phone number of any subscriber to 1326 (DICT’s hotline), and they will receive the registration status of the number, the initials of its owner, and if the record of the number is in good standing.”
‘“Project: SIM Check Mo” is a “solution” looking for a problem that it can eventually become. Already, foreign numbers such as Malaysian ones are being used to spread spam and scam messages to Philippine mobile subscribers. SIM Check Mo simply cannot address that. As such, this project will be a failure from day one.’
#Privacy #Security #Anonymity #SIMregistration #SIMregistrationPH #SIMreg #SIMregPH #Philippines #Filipinos
“NTC, telcos checking legality of deactivating apps, services for unregistered SIM users”
"Let's say after the 60 days, you will lose your access to your Facebook accounts or our TikTok accounts, but you still can use your phone, you can still call, you can still text. And then after a certain period, you will lose your outgoing calls," Uy explained.
The official said the same tactic has been implemented in other countries.
In India, a number of Chinese mobile applications, like TikTok, are banned due to security concerns.
#Philippines #SIMreg #SIMregPH #Privacy #Security #Anonymity #SIMregistration #SIMregistrationPH
BOOM!
“The National Telecommunications Commission said Wednesday it did not give permission for telcos to use emergency alerts to remind their users to register their SIMs.”
"The SIM card registration is an invasion of privacy and the alert warning for this is not the disaster I envisioned when I authored the bill," Colmenares said.
They should be penalized for it. They can use the money they are charging people for manually helping them register their SIM cards. ^_~
#Philippines #GLOBE! #SIMreg #SIMregPH #SIMregistration #Privacy #Security #Anonymity #Misuse #Abuse #SIMregistrationPH
“While we understand the importance of addressing crimes, misinformation, and scams, the Mozilla Philippines Community firmly believes that the policy neglects the critical role of online anonymity in safeguarding whistleblowers and promoting public discourse. Additionally, the deployment of digital identity systems may create security risks that could have catastrophic effects in the event of a data breach.”
#Philippines #SIMreg #SIMregistration #SIMregPH #SIMregistrationPH #Privacy #Security #Rights #Anonymity
The #Philippines deadline for SIM card registration #simreg has been extended for 90 days. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1760774/sim-registration-extended-for-90-days-doj
Once the #SIM numbers used for spam are recycled, new users will be surprised they were blocked in various #blocklist services.
#Philippines #SIMregistration #SIMreg #NoToSIMreg #Privacy #Anonymity #Security #NoToSIMregistration
Philippines’ new SIM card registration law could be abused by corrupt officials, critics say
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3205183/philippines-new-sim-card-law-could-be-abused-corrupt-officials-critics-say
<There are too many loopholes that can be exploited (as the national privacy commission warn of). It's why #SimReg should be subject to a human rights impact assessments and tests of necessity & proportionality.
