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Hong Kong Authorities Plan to Ban Anonymous SIM Card, Official Says: It'll Be a Displeasure in Cinema In Case of Bomb Threat
The Hong Kong government will have a 'public consultation' regarding real-name registration for the sim card.
In a press conference held on 29 Jan, 2021 at 2:30 pm, the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau Tang-wah, the Secretary for Security Sonny Au Chi-kwong and the Deputy Director-General of Communications (Telecommunications) John Leung Chung-yin announced the public consultation details.
The reasons the Secretary for Security Sonny Au cited to enforce real name registration include "the displeasure in the cinema", "the inconvenience at the MTR station" and "the flight delay at the airport" if "someone used an anoymous prepaid phone card to call and claim there is a bomb somewhere".
The real-name registration of phone card was mandatory in China since 2010. However, it is never a mandate in Hong Kong. Civilians can purchase SIM card without the need for registion as so-called “pre-paid SIM card".
Source: Stand News; InMedia #Jan29
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Hong Kong Authorities Plan to Ban Anonymous SIM Card, Official Says: It'll Be a Displeasure in Cinema In Case of Bomb Threat
The Hong Kong government will have a 'public consultation' regarding real-name registration for the sim card.
In a press conference held on 29 Jan, 2021 at 2:30 pm, the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau Tang-wah, the Secretary for Security Sonny Au Chi-kwong and the Deputy Director-General of Communications (Telecommunications) John Leung Chung-yin announced the public consultation details.
The reasons the Secretary for Security Sonny Au cited to enforce real name registration include "the displeasure in the cinema", "the inconvenience at the MTR station" and "the flight delay at the airport" if "someone used an anoymous prepaid phone card to call and claim there is a bomb somewhere".
The real-name registration of phone card was mandatory in China since 2010. However, it is never a mandate in Hong Kong. Civilians can purchase SIM card without the need for registion as so-called “pre-paid SIM card".
Source: Stand News; InMedia #Jan29
https://www.facebook.com/standnewshk/videos/749884489286469
https://bit.ly/2NLiebc
#FailedState #FreeSpeech #SimCard #Telecommunications
#Bomb #AuChikwong
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#IT Industry criticises HK government’s plan for SIM Card Real-Name Registration Programme as "Destructive Restrictions"
Source: Stand News #Feb1
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#IT Industry criticises HK government’s plan for SIM Card Real-Name Registration Programme as "Destructive Restrictions"
Source: Stand News #Feb1
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#IT Industry criticises HK government’s plan for SIM Card Real-Name Registration Programme as "Destructive Restrictions"
The HK government has recently announced a "public consultation" on a real-name registration plan for all SIM cards in Hong Kong in the third term of this year.
In its open letter issued on Jan 30, 2021, the Hong Kong Information Technology Workers' Union (#HKITWU) said, it is very common for people in the IT field to own 4 to 5 SIM cards, and that the governmenr's plan is going to slow down the development of new systems.
The Union also criticised the government for implementing “destructive restrictions that impose negatively impacts on the future of the technology development of the Greater Bay Area”. The Union requested the government to think twice and take back the proposal.
The Union opined that the real-name plan yields unnecessary restrictions, as the SIM cards are extensively used to pose different virtual identities during the process of developing new systems in technology companies. Using these virtual identities, developers are able to locate and correct system errors and conduct pressure tests to analyze the stability of the new system. If the real-name registration plan is imposed, system developments are inevitably going to be slowed down. The costs of development projects are also going to be increased because of the government’s excessive censorship.
Source: Stand News #Feb1
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#IT Industry criticises HK government’s plan for SIM Card Real-Name Registration Programme as "Destructive Restrictions"
The HK government has recently announced a "public consultation" on a real-name registration plan for all SIM cards in Hong Kong in the third term of this year.
In its open letter issued on Jan 30, 2021, the Hong Kong Information Technology Workers' Union (#HKITWU) said, it is very common for people in the IT field to own 4 to 5 SIM cards, and that the governmenr's plan is going to slow down the development of new systems.
The Union also criticised the government for implementing “destructive restrictions that impose negatively impacts on the future of the technology development of the Greater Bay Area”. The Union requested the government to think twice and take back the proposal.
The Union opined that the real-name plan yields unnecessary restrictions, as the SIM cards are extensively used to pose different virtual identities during the process of developing new systems in technology companies. Using these virtual identities, developers are able to locate and correct system errors and conduct pressure tests to analyze the stability of the new system. If the real-name registration plan is imposed, system developments are inevitably going to be slowed down. The costs of development projects are also going to be increased because of the government’s excessive censorship.
Source: Stand News #Feb1
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Hong Kong Government intends to monitor the usage of "ghost card" by implementing Mobile SIM Card Real Name Registration System. The consultation period for this policy starts from now until Feb 28, 2021.
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