reader Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 From Bangkok Post All mobile users must participate in the online fingerprint ID system for new prepaid and postpaid mobile SIM card registration, or they will not be allowed to use mobile service. The automated fingerprint registration system, implemented by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), is set to start from Jan 1, 2018, said secretary-general Takorn Tantasith. The regulator unveiled the first fingerprint ID machine to the media Thursday, with a plan to launch the first batch of 30 machines on May 31. Through a fingerprint enrolment process, mobile operators will scan each person's fingerprints, which will stored on the national ID card database and the NBTC's secure database. Those who failed to comply with the rule face a mobile signal cut-off. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1256574/fingerprinting-for-sims-made-mandatory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbob69 Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I think they tried to get this up and running earlier this year. It will be interesting to see if all the 7elevens and small stalls in MBK etc pay for a fingerprint reader at 8000B. Interesting that they are starting the roll-out in the troubled Southern Provinces. Previously they have said the implementation was related to bank fraud, this article clearly mentions bombs being detonated by mobile phones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ryanasia Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Many countries these days would use finger printing on entry with passports. That being the case this shouldn't be necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWMinUS Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Next thing you know, they will require you to look into the Camera so they can scan your Iris before you can make a Date... BIG BROTHER IS HERE!!! vinapu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexx Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Many countries these days would use finger printing on entry with passports. That being the case this shouldn't be necessary. I think in this particular case they are more worried about their own citizens than about foreigners. They mention potential bombers in the South, but I guess what they are really after are dissidents (opponents to military rule and those accused of defaming the highest institution). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkguy Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 I think in this particular case they are more worried about their own citizens than about foreigners. They mention potential bombers in the South in the last bombing in the deep south the perpetrators stopped a pickup van on the road, killed the driver and stole the van that they then planted the bomb in - one wonders why the authorities think the perpetrators could not also steal a mobile phone and SIM to use to set off the bomb but of course we all trust the authorities to keep these fingerprint databases secure and not use them for other more nefarious purposes so it is no problem that this is just the usual security theater to look like they are doing something useful when they are not! bkkguy Alexx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWMinUS Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Happy that my visit to BKK is scheduled for November 2017. I will keep my Finger Print to myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
