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Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by koruji(m): 10:15pm On Sep 11, 2011 |
There is no rumination behind many of our "solutions" to problems. Quote: “When the SIM card registration exercise began, we did not know that people will register hundreds of SIM cards and begin to sell them. When we discovered that about a month ago, we warned people against it in our jingles.” http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201109110371615 |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by Beaf: 10:24pm On Sep 11, 2011 |
Selling pre-registered SIM cards should be made a crime with a long jail term under the anti-terrorism act. Its easy to see that the likes of boko haram would be most interested in buying such SIM cards so that bombs can't be traced back. 1 Like |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by kabba7(m): 10:38pm On Sep 11, 2011 |
The people don't look like future Boko Haram to me,they look more like. Okrika merchant out of capital |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by efisher(m): 5:32am On Sep 12, 2011 |
The registration process is too disorganized and sometimes cumbersome. The purpose will end up being defeated. A national database should have been opened and made available online for easy access and such that multiple registrations can be tracked. But then, what should be the maximum number of line each person can register? NCC please, do the thinking! |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by Akanbiedu(m): 11:40am On Sep 12, 2011 |
Collecting peoples' biological details without adequate protection act. What a silly thing |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by okadaman2: 4:44pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
A government that cannot protect it's peoples vital bio-data information is now arresting and jailing them for trying to protect themselves by avoiding giving out the information? Nigeria is turning back into a dictatorial police state. A dysfunctional democracy where hapless citizens are at the mercy of incompetent but brutal leaders and their selected representatives. Even in America with their Big brother patriots act and war against terrorism, They still allow you the option of buying pre-paid mobile phone service with privacy, without submitting your vital details or registering. From wiki
Apart from the OECD report reference on wikipedia, this column contains some arguments for and against pre-paid registration http://m.blogs.computerworld.com/16200/pre_paid_burners_aid_terrorists_so_must_be_banned? My argument is simply this: In a disorganized country like Nigeria, only a LUNATIC should confidently trust the Government with protecting their privacy. Whatever the benefits of pre-paid registration is, this government cannot take advantage of it or even protect the privacy of regular citizens to justify it's implementation. An administration that cannot keep a good record of it's own budget implementation? Gimme a break |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by Nobody: 4:56pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
why are Nigerians so lazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A joint patrol of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Nigerian Police had on Wednesday arrested the five people for selling preregistered SIM cards to customers who did not want to go through the process of SIM card registration.what is hard about this infact individually we lack alot! not even the politics! |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by Nobody: 5:02pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
efisher:how many ppl have access to internet! the ones that have through free sheats(abi settings) dunno what they call it cant even access such site! even cyber cafes in cities collects not less than 100 per H talkmore of rural area, mitchew! |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by aieromon(m): 5:10pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
I see no reason why i should buy a pre-registered sim card except if i want to use it for nefarious activities. Why would i pay N1000 for a sim card in 2011? |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by tEsLim(m): 6:01pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
When they can't protect the information they're gathering. Nigeria has not begin to experience cyber attacks and all that. Look at how and who are gathering the information on the streets and bio-metric info for that matter. Even when wikileaks just revealed this fools are gonna release the public key to read our RFID / information on the Nigerian passport to other countries just like that |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by erico2k2(m): 6:48pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
of what good is SIM CARD registration,why dont they register IME number of mobile phonees instead,idiots. |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by jason2010(m): 7:19pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
Who's fault is it, the Yoruba or ibo or Housa or SS's fault. Oya lets go bigot. lol |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by ShipIt(m): 7:35pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
Typical of Nigerian Security Services, Arrest the guy selling pre registered simcards to make a living while the guy doing the bombing and killing for no reason is allowed to run rampant |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by Nymphnode(m): 7:55pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
I guess I should be worried about going to jail because my simm was registered by one of my friend. . . . . |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by mrmayor(m): 8:28pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
I had an argument about Pre-Reg Sims with a Police friend of mine, telling him it won't work in Nigeria and makes no sense anyway, I asked him why would a kidnapper make a ransom demand with his phone rather than kidnap victim's phone, he shook his head saying I must be Kidnapper or a Militant. Whenever you see or hear about a govt agency pushing for a particular policy implementation, know that someone somewhere is getting paid, Pre-Reg budget was 5.5B naria. |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by kokogee: 8:32pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
whao! this is crazy |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by Nobody: 8:39pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
Why am I not surprised? Lol. I outrightly condemned the SIM registration exercise when it was announced. This, ladies and gentlemen, is Nigeria. A country that excels only in the unexcellent (excuse my poetic licence). Do you know that for those of us (including my humble self) that were foolish enough to register with our genuine particulars (real names, addresses, professions, et al), our entire information is now available to fraudsters and crooks of all kinds? ? ? Certain characters now have access to the database of millions of mobile phone users in this God-forsaken country. This is a fact; for those of you who did not know, consider it breaking news. The new dimension of 'local' 419 now thrives on text messages, no longer email. Just a few days ago, my mum called me to help her send an email to 'Nokia' pertaining to confirmation of "something". Knowing my dear mum - how gullible she is, how she thinks I'm too 'critical', and therefore often prefers embarking on ill-considered ventures without my knowledge/approval, I immediately knew that she had fallen for the same scam I had laughed off a few days earlier. Some 'sharp guys' had sent me an SMS, addressed to me with my REAL name and surname, telling me I'd won £60,000 pounds in a Nokia promo, that I should confirm my details with Nokia, and then complete the 'documentation process' before I receive my winnings. Lol. As a street boy who has seen all and done (almost) all, I didnt have to finish reading the yeye text message to know it was a scam. But my mum fell flat for it (because they mentioned her full names and occupation/address). I had to forward the text I'd earlier recived to her to convince her it was a scam. Even then, she was stilll a bit reluctant to believe it was a scam. I can't even imagine how many people that must have been scammed this way. Thanks to sim registration. The bottomline is that Nigeria is a total joke. Some smart alecs in NCC would have devised some under-the-table means of selling portions of the sim registration database to all manners of people with ulterior motives (scammers, kidnappers, assassins, blackmailers, etc.). If some dumb fools thought the sim registration exercise would reduce kidnapping/crime, they were wrong: it would in fact help make riminals work easier. Welcome to Nigeria. I've given up on this country. As long as it remains the norm to put the cart before the horse, then there'll be no hope. |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by BetaThings: 9:41pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
aieromon:Because you don't want to give out your ID that may be stolen You can be sitting here in Nigeria and be committing a crime in Colombia Mossad (Israeli spy agency) agents entered Dubai about 2 years ago to carry out an assasination They used the IDs of Brition, Swiss, New Zealanders etc Would you like to be in Nigeria an be killing somebody in Dubai? |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by poweredcom(m): 10:10pm On Sep 12, 2011 |
quote]The bottomline is that Nigeria is a total joke. Some smart alecs in NCC would have devised some under-the-table means of selling portions of the sim registration database to all manners of people with ulterior motives (scammers, kidnappers, assassins, blackmailers, etc.). If some dumb fools thought the sim registration exercise would reduce kidnapping/crime, they were wrong: it would in fact help make riminals work easier. Welcome to Nigeria. [quote][/quote] Hahahaha, I gat noting to say |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by abelian: 10:47am On Sep 13, 2011 |
simply ban any person registering more than one sim card of the same telephone line at a time |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by EvilBrain1(m): 5:42pm On Sep 13, 2011 |
Its good to see that so many people now oppose this senseless policy. We've finally started thinking with our brains. I've been telling people that there's no way the GSM companies are going to deliberately block millions of paying customers' lines. If enough people refuse to register, then SIM card registration will be defeated. |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by mrmayor(m): 7:53pm On Sep 13, 2011 |
abelian: Do you also ban people from buying and owning more than 1 Cellphone? . What happens when you phone is lost or stolen and then used to commit a crime without your knowledge, try getting out police net when you are a nobody It's really sad that organizations like NBA, Civil Liberties etc did not speak up, demand for answers considering potential for abuse. I registered my Sim just before the April elections, all of a sudden I was getting text with my name telling me to vote against Mrs Tinubu, while I'm resident in Rivers State, I got plenty of Vote 4 Me text from Abia, Delta and Rivers State, question is how did they know my name? |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by software(m): 10:52pm On Sep 13, 2011 |
they are foools, they dont think before they implement things, what they think about na their own interest, |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by Ikroberts: 11:28am On Sep 14, 2011 |
this is not fair, i think u people want to stop your business |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by Ikroberts: 11:46am On Sep 14, 2011 |
this is not fair, i think u people wan't to stop your business |
Re: Pre-registered SIM Cards: Result Of Half-Baked Solutions by pynkspyce: 4:23pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
they should have created an identity database first. Instead the head of NIMC is busying buying range rover and shagging his subordinates. Visionless clowns. |
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