fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMonkey photo on ID activates Philippine SIM cards, exposing loophole in new law vs scammerswww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down112cross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.ca
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minus-squarebrianorca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThey added face recognition to the SIM registration process, in an attempt to reduce fraud. (Maybe by limiting or not allowing duplicate faces.) But a monkey face works too, and they are plentiful on the islands, supplying many unique faces.
minus-squarephilodendron@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI hope we get to see two people use the same monkey
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThank you! Finally makes sense.
They added face recognition to the SIM registration process, in an attempt to reduce fraud. (Maybe by limiting or not allowing duplicate faces.) But a monkey face works too, and they are plentiful on the islands, supplying many unique faces.
I hope we get to see two people use the same monkey
Thank you! Finally makes sense.