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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-telecoms/thailand-to-roll-out-biometric-checks-for-sim-cards-nationwide-idUSKBN1D611A

 

(Reuters) - Thailand will introduce biometric checks nationwide for mobile telephone users to register their SIM cards from Dec. 15, the telecoms regulator said on Monday, in a bid to stamp out fraudulent electronic transactions.

The new rules require users to either have their fingerprints verified or their faces scanned.

 

Similar biometric systems are already in use in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. 

From Dec. 15, Thais will be required to register new SIM cards, both pre-paid and post-paid, at service centers and retailers across the country, which will be equipped with biometric tools, he added.

 

To register a new SIM card, users' fingerprints will be matched against the data stored on their national identification cards, identical to that in the government's central citizen database,

The verification process might alternatively involve facial scans, depending on the equipment available.

After verification, service centers will send users' data to mobile operators for record-keeping, without storing any information on-site, Takorn said. 

Foreigners buying SIM cards in Thailand will have their faces scanned and matched against their passport photographs.

 

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So is this only for new SIM cards or will they require scans for existing ones too?

I suffer from PTSD, Post Thailand Stress Disorder =P

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Just now, tokyojoe2010 said:

So is this only for new SIM cards or will they require scans for existing ones too?

New ones.

At what point they’ll start switching off old ones and insisting on replacements is anyone’s guess.

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

So remember to “Enjoy every sandwich”

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I wonder how long this will take to implement?

When they announced the showing of Passports or ID to get a sim or to register your existing one took several stops and starts before you really had to do it.

Once they start the thumb print for new ones, then I'm sure once again we will have to go back and give them the same for our existing numbers.

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