Comment on Monkey photo on ID activates Philippine SIM cards, exposing loophole in new law vs scammers

agent_flounder@lemmy.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• agent_flounder@lemmy.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nope … still makes no sense

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  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think monkeys are scamming people by stealing Sim cards and activating them with fake IDs. It seems the monkeys are able to get away with this because the IDs appear genuine thanks to the photo.

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    • Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      After the crackdown on monkeys stealing from tourists and getting smashed on drinks left on the beach, they’ve had to improvise to survive.

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    • Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Notkenm

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• brianorca@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • philodendron@lemdro.id ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • agent_flounder@lemmy.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thank you! Finally makes sense.

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• xia@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Have you seen doctor who, where an image of a weeping angel can become a weeping angel?

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