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Monkey photo on ID activates Philippine SIM cards, exposing loophole in new law vs scammers (www.straitstimes.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Having read the title, I think I might be having a stroke... Or really need the iced latte this morning...

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nope ... still makes no sense

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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. This also falls within a legal loophole as monkeys are generally not subject to law and often fail to appear for their court date anyway so law enforcement isn't able to effectively combat the issue.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Notkenm

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you! Finally makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] xia 2 points 2 years ago

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