{"id":12771,"date":"2021-12-29T14:36:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T14:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=12771"},"modified":"2021-12-29T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T14:37:00","slug":"pta-introduce-live-finger-detection-for-sim-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/12\/29\/pta-introduce-live-finger-detection-for-sim-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"PTA introduce live finger detection for SIM cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to the media reports, fake SIM cards have become a major problem for the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to PTA authorities, around 300,000 SIM biometric centers will use LFD devices to replace biometric verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cell carriers and franchisees were involved in the issuance of fake SIM cards, according to officials. 0.58 million SIM cards were found to be registered in the names of deceased people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Telecom operators from around the country, on the other hand, have complained about LFD device failures and the difficulty in obtaining these units on a daily basis for the new system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the media reports, fake SIM cards have become a major problem for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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