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Monkey photo on ID activates Philippine SIM cards, exposing loophole in new law vs scammers (www.straitstimes.com)
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[–] brianorca@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] philodendron@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

I hope we get to see two people use the same monkey

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you! Finally makes sense.