My Friend:
Certainly, if we look beyond today´s outdated technology.
SIM cards are how networks identify that a phone has a subscription connected to it. In other words, it is a crude, hardware-based system for user identification.
I can already connect to my bank and identify myself from any device, and move large amounts of money (well, if I had any). This system uses software only. I can access my email using a personal username and code, software only. I can log on to my corporate network, apply for a passport, or make payment online using NO dedicated hardware. Oh, and by the way, I can make phone calls using any of a multitude of apps like Messenger, Skype, etc.
It is clear that fairly advanced, high-security applications manage well without SIM-cards. Some smart watches already employ “e-sim”, replacing the need for a cumbersome, costly, and inflexible SIM-card. If I could log on to my computer at work using a code, I could use it to receive my phone calls if I left my phone at home.
Why do phone companies dally? It is hard to explain. Handling and distributing SIM cards is likely costly. One theory is that a hardware device is harder for us to exchange, making the threshold for switching operator higher. If all I needed was a personal code, I could switch operator in a second, benefiting from better prices. It could also be pure technological inertia. Telecom is very much controlled by global standards that change only slowly.
I am sure we will see SIM-less phones very soon (or we might simply abolish telephony altogether, and use the app of our choice on the device of our choice.)
Yours
Mosonik
In April i lost 123k to these fraudsters.It is very simple to make preventive measures make availability of mpesa after sim swap to be 24-48 hours.Then make activation process be similar to a new line where the person has to go personally with ID.But if someone has access immediately then many more are going to lose money.Maybe we need a class action against safaricom for being vicariously liable.I should give omtata a shout ....by the way_______________________________________________On Tue, 17 Jul 2018, 09:53 Michael Bullut via kictanet, <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:_______________________________________________Greetings Team,With the story doing rounds on social media, has Safaricom issued a statement on the same? Anyone from Safaricom on the list care to comment?Warm regards,
Michael Bullut.
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