‘Privacy chaos’: From fraudulent SIM registration to biometric data collection?
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MoreOrange faces a new fine of €200,000 imposed by Data Protection for not avoiding the fraudulent duplication of the SIM of one of its customers. Although the operators strive to control that only the legitimate holder can make a copy of the SIM, the criminals always find some way to do so, taking advantage of the vilest link in the chain of custody: humans. In the case at hand, the duplicate was made in person in a Yoigo store.tags: duplicate …
‘Privacy chaos’: From fraudulent SIM registration to biometric data collection?
A university student was sentenced last week to 25 years in prison, after a SIM card registered in his name was used in a drug-trafficking operation. He and his family have insisted that he never used the SIM card and had not even bought the card in the first place. His case prompted many to check their own digital profiles and discover that dozens of phone numbers had been registered to their names without their knowledge. In a wave of anger an…
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