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-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 · 1 year agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.ca
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoNope … still makes no sense
minus-squarebrianorca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 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
minus-squarexia@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.
Thank you! Finally makes sense.
I hope we get to see two people use the same monkey
Have you seen doctor who, where an image of a weeping angel can become a weeping angel?