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In November the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) announced the mandate, outlining February 2017 as the deadline for operators to facilitate the ID registration scheme, which was ostensibly created to prevent online fraud and increase security in mobile banking.
[...] Thailand's existing 106 million mobile users will not be constrained to register their current devices. This effectively gives non-ID SIM usage in Thailand a withering vine of 3-7 years, based on current upgrade patterns and smartphone turnover.
[...] In January of 2016 Saudi Arabia also announced a fingerprint ID registration scheme, which similarly does not include retroactive registration for existing users or devices. According to a report by the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), mobile subscribers dropped by three million to 51 million in the wake of the legislation, under which information on the SIM is shared with the National Information Centre to confirm the authenticity of the buyer during transactions.
(Score: 3, Informative) by rob_on_earth on Thursday February 02 2017, @11:09AM
So the criminals will get better and building fake finger prints or affecting databases containing finger prints or just bribe the shops.
At the same time causing huge amounts of biometric data to be retained unnecessary and available for illegal ex-filtration and government ingress.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 02 2017, @11:45AM
"Laws" like these are hatched to create a big-brother state. Common criminals are not a problem. Low-level financial fraud is also not a problem. Criminal governments, on the other hand are the problem and must be stopped now. Big-brother state (and mentality) has to end.
I wonder (((who))) could be behind for these laws that take away all our freedoms...
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by butthurt on Thursday February 02 2017, @12:29PM
The answer must obviously be
[...] a Progressive Jewish Community in Thailand with occasional Shabbat and holiday services, and other activities.
-- https://www.meetup.com/Reform-Jewish-Community-in-Bangkok-Meetup/ [meetup.com]
[...] a group of multicultural, Reform, Reconstructionist, and secular Jews in Thailand who organize inclusive religious services and social events.
-- http://www.tpjc.org/ [tpjc.org]
Known for their acumen in irrigation, many Jews came to Thailand to act as consultants on agricultural projects. [...] In the last decade, a Jewish kindergarten, day school, day camp and yeshivah were established, as well as the first Jewish cemetery in Thailand.
-- https://web.archive.org/web/20060507060951/http://www.orchiddesigns.net/ArticlesTravel/Jews_Khao_San.html [archive.org]
Those wily Jews!
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday February 02 2017, @02:44PM
Well, things change in 45 years, but I was stationed at Utapao in Thailand from August 1973 to August 1974, and I never met a single Jew. Not one. The Thais were friendly, happy people but were NOT open to societal influences from "Falongs" (foreigners), whether American, European, or Jewish.
mcgrewbooks.com mcgrew.info nooze.org
(Score: 4, Funny) by butthurt on Thursday February 02 2017, @03:02PM
...and now they have a cemetery. It's literally a Jewish plot.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 03 2017, @02:18AM
And now the muslims have taken over
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 02 2017, @01:45PM
Usually those people who always blame one selected group for all real, perceived and claimed evil.