It might become harder to obtain an anonymous cell phone number if laws like these continue to spread across the world. We shouldn’t need to give our face to hop on a plane, much less obtain a phone number.
See: Clearview AI and their efforts to sell your face to government agencies.
Yeah, that is definitely not good. I hope this doesn’t come to the US.
I’m hoping one of these days we can ditch phone numbers altogether.
South Korea has a population of almost 52 million and has experienced two major data theft incidents this year that impacted more than half of all residents. E-tailer Coupang leaked over 30 million records, an incident that cost its CEO his job.
SK Telecom, exposed data describing all of its 23 million customers.
The thought that face biometrics will be added to future data leaks is scary.
KYC is already required to buy a SIM card in South Korea. This new policy strikes me as being intrusive and disproportionate.
Unfortunately the FCC wants to take the first steps:
You think all the dystopian shit we are hearing about South Korea only effects South Korea?
Think again: All the big Korean companies like Samsung, LG and even the Korean car manufacturers, I guarantee you, that they all work with the Korean equivalent of the CIA, NSA etc. and sometimes also cooperate with intelligence agencies from other countries like literally the CIA and NSA.
And if you haven’t noticed how the world works: There are no real democracies but rather the ultra rich and the intelligence agencies working together like a mafia, just much more professionally than the mafia you know from movies.
So the next time you are thinking about buying something that is a Korean brand, think about this and decide in what world you wanna live. Because the most democratic thing left, is how you spend your money.