fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoMonkey photo on ID activates Philippine SIM cards, exposing loophole in new law vs scammerswww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down111cross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1360arrow-down1external-linkMonkey photo on ID activates Philippine SIM cards, exposing loophole in new law vs scammerswww.straitstimes.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.ca
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·10 months agoHaving read the title, I think I might be having a stroke… Or really need the iced latte this morning…
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·10 months agoNope … still makes no sense
minus-squarebrianorca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 months 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-up1·10 months agoI hope we get to see two people use the same monkey
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThank you! Finally makes sense.
minus-squarexia@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoHave you seen doctor who, where an image of a weeping angel can become a weeping angel?
Having read the title, I think I might be having a stroke… Or really need the iced latte this morning…
Nope … still makes no 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.
Have you seen doctor who, where an image of a weeping angel can become a weeping angel?