Mexico moves to require biometric data from cellphone users
Activists and opposition figure are crying foul after Mexico's Senate passed legislation to require cellphone companies to gather customers' biometric data, like fingerprints or eye scans
Activists and opposition figures cried foul Wednesday after Mexico’s Senate passed legislation to require cellphone companies to gather customers’ identification and biometric data, like fingerprints or eye scans.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party supported the bill, saying it is needed to fight crimes like extortion and kidnapping that frequently involve the use of cellphones.
The legislation, which was already passed by the Chamber of Deputies, would give cell companies two years to collect the data and make it available to the government.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-moves-require-biometric-data-cellphone-users-77078714
#mexico #biometric #cellphone #privacy #surveillance
Activists and opposition figure are crying foul after Mexico's Senate passed legislation to require cellphone companies to gather customers' biometric data, like fingerprints or eye scans
Activists and opposition figures cried foul Wednesday after Mexico’s Senate passed legislation to require cellphone companies to gather customers’ identification and biometric data, like fingerprints or eye scans.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party supported the bill, saying it is needed to fight crimes like extortion and kidnapping that frequently involve the use of cellphones.
The legislation, which was already passed by the Chamber of Deputies, would give cell companies two years to collect the data and make it available to the government.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-moves-require-biometric-data-cellphone-users-77078714
#mexico #biometric #cellphone #privacy #surveillance
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Mexico moves to require biometric data from cellphone users
Activists and opposition figure are crying foul after Mexico's Senate passed legislation to require cellphone companies to gather customers' biometric data, like fingerprints or eye scans
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Off The Grid (OTG) Messenger is an easy way for people to communicate through text messages when in remote areas. With a theoretical transmission range of 10 miles (16kms), OTG messenger can be used by groups of people to stay connected when they are in areas not serviced by mobile connectivity.
For portability and low power purposes, the device was created by re-purposing an old Nokia e63 phone I had laying around. The enclosure, LCD, keypad, backlighting and speaker have been re-used however the motherboard was re-designed from the ground up with low power components, a modern STM32 H7 microcontroller, an ISM LoRA radio and expanded flash memory.
https://github.com/TrevorAttema/OTGMessenger
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27659105
https://hackaday.com/2021/06/26/lora-messenger-in-nokias-shell/
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Off The Grid (OTG) Messenger is an easy way for people to communicate through text messages when in remote areas. With a theoretical transmission range of 10 miles (16kms), OTG messenger can be used by groups of people to stay connected when they are in areas not serviced by mobile connectivity.
For portability and low power purposes, the device was created by re-purposing an old Nokia e63 phone I had laying around. The enclosure, LCD, keypad, backlighting and speaker have been re-used however the motherboard was re-designed from the ground up with low power components, a modern STM32 H7 microcontroller, an ISM LoRA radio and expanded flash memory.
https://github.com/TrevorAttema/OTGMessenger
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27659105
https://hackaday.com/2021/06/26/lora-messenger-in-nokias-shell/
#otg #offthegrid #grid #im #messenger #alternatives #cellphone #mobile #nokia
A good thread on effective novel #cellphone #surveillance and #forensics by the #FBI
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