<div><p class="ui_qtext_para" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:q_serif,Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",Meiryo,serif;font-size:15px">My Friend:</p><p class="ui_qtext_para" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:q_serif,Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",Meiryo,serif;font-size:15px">Certainly, if we look beyond today´s outdated technology.<br></p><p class="ui_qtext_para" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:q_serif,Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",Meiryo,serif;font-size:15px">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.</p><p class="ui_qtext_para" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:q_serif,Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",Meiryo,serif;font-size:15px">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.</p><p class="ui_qtext_para" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:q_serif,Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",Meiryo,serif;font-size:15px">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.</p><p class="ui_qtext_para" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:q_serif,Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",Meiryo,serif;font-size:15px">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.</p><p class="ui_qtext_para" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:q_serif,Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",Meiryo,serif;font-size:15px">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.)</p><p class="ui_qtext_para" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:q_serif,Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",Meiryo,serif;font-size:15px">Yours </p><p class="ui_qtext_para" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:q_serif,Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",Meiryo,serif;font-size:15px">Mosonik</p><p class="ui_qtext_para" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:q_serif,Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman","Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro",Meiryo,serif;font-size:15px"><br></p></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 21 Jul 30 Heisei at 2:03 PM, Joseph McDonald via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 17 Jul 2018, 09:53 Michael Bullut via kictanet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Greetings Team,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div class="m_-2662262752001977777m_7966487113415781099gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Warm regards, <br>
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