Tourist-tracking reconsidered

[Denis903]

 

Plan on tourist SIM teetering

 

The national telecom regulator says it may have to abandon a plan to force foreign visitors to use special SIM cards that can be tracked by authorities if strong opposition is registered at the first public hearing on the issue.

 

The first public hearing on the tourist SIM plan is scheduled for next month.

 

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has approved in principle a requirement that foreign visitors to Thailand use special SIM cards in their phones that can be tracked by the authorities.

 

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[Denis903]

I hope that this bill will not pass!

[david555]

For when this one ....in future..?   ...maybe their own satellite needed..

 

 

 

[biggles]

How are they going to monitor 30 million visitors? Is this just collecting data for the sake of it? When a resident retiree reports or renews his visa extension he provides the same information every time, often for 10+ years yet they still gather all this useless data again.

Sounds like a complete waste of tme and effort to me.

[Denis903]

Is this just collecting data for the sake of it? 

 

They claim it's to better control the criminals. But the real criminals will find a way to circumvent the law easily. This law will simply be an encroachment on the privacy of law-abiding citizens like us who just want to have fun.