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
arrow-up1382arrow-down1external-linkMonkey photo on ID activates Philippine SIM cards, exposing loophole in new law vs scammerswww.straitstimes.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.ca
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-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThank you! Finally makes sense.
minus-squarephilodendron@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI hope we get to see two people use the same monkey
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.
Thank you! Finally makes sense.
I hope we get to see two people use the same monkey