SIM fraudsters nettle South Asia; biometrics pushed as answer

India continues to inch closer to requiring fingerprint scans when companies issue SIM cards. Officials are looking at crime and terrorism trends in neighboring Pakistan in pushing for the change.

The tabled Telecommunications Bill 2023 contains draft language that would enable the central government to require telcos to gather biometrics and attach it to SIM records, according to Indian liberal-leaning publisher The Statesman.

(The law also allows the government to unilaterally seat certain telco industry executives as chair of the …

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