It's about time! Great move by Safaricom

On Mon, 26 Jul 2021, 13:12 sky via KICTANet, <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Right direction in enhancing privacy in an era where most transactions are via mobile devices. 


On Mon, 26 Jul 2021 at 07:05, Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Safaricom  will introduce a feature blocking customer contact details when making payments through Lipa na M-Pesa to curb personal information being traded to advertisers or fraudsters.

The telco will only display the first and last few digits of a phone number, blocking the middle and effectively hiding the contact of the customer.


https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/safaricom-hide-identity-of-lipa-na-m-pesa-users-3486200

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