
Mas magaling na sa matsing! NTC requires live selfies for SIM registration
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued a memorandum requiring live selfies in the SIM card registration.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued a memorandum requiring live selfies in the SIM card registration.
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy said tapping the National ID database can be a solution to solve the issues being encountered in SIM registration.
Senator Grace Poe is calling on law enforcement authorities to crack down on scammers who go around the SIM registration law by engaging in criminal activities using their gadgets.
Senator Grace Poe has rejected the proposal of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PACC) to suspend the mandatory SIM card registration because of security glitches.
Senator Grace Poe has criticized the country’s telcos for failing to stop the proliferation of text scams despite the mandatory registration of SIMs.
Senator Grace Poe has urged the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and mobile service providers to require their subscribers to take a selfie in real time when registering their SIMs.
“We entered the face of an animal in different names natanggap pa rin,” the NBI Cybercrime Division chief said.
Loopholes remain in the implementation of the SIM registration law, with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) able to register a SIM using a photo of a smiling monkey.
The much-hyped SIM registration law apparently isn’t enough to stop crafty text scammers in the country.
“Nalimas yung kanyang savings na ilang taon kong ibinibigay sa kanya,” said Sen. JV Ejercito.