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MANILA, Philippines — The mandatory registration of SIM cards may just put the security and privacy of citizens at risk, a cybersecurity initiative said on Friday, as it claimed there is no proof that compulsory enrollment of personal information with telecommunications firms will curb crimes.

 

This comes days after Congress ratified the proposed SIM card Registration Act which, if passed, will compel citizens to provide their personal information to public telecommunications entities (PTEs) before buying SIM cards in a move meant to curb terrorism, text scams, bank fraud and anonymous online defamation, among others.

 

But for cybersecurity policy analyst Mary Grace Mirandilla-Santos, the bill, if passed into the law, may do more harm than good. 

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/02/04/2158543/mandatory-sim-card-registration-puts-privacy-risk-might-not-curb-crime

 

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