Facial recognition tool nets over 6M SIM card fraudsters in India in 6 months

Facial recognition tool ASTR, developed by the Center for the Development of Telematics (C-DoT) of India’s Department of Telecommunications, has been vital in the identification and disconnection of over six million untrusted SIM card connections this year.

According to Money Control, these disconnections have been carried out over the past six months.

This is not the first time India is breaking up fraudulent SIM connections using the facial recognition system. In May, about 17,000 SIM cards were deactivated in …

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