Cell phones in Mexico

[logovo]

Via vampisandi

Besides having to pay the highest service rates in Latinamerica, people in Mexico will now have to associate their cell phones to the Mexican equivalent of their Social Security Number.

Link in Spanish.

Suposedly this is to prevent crime. Allrighty then!

Ironically I rejoined the ACLU just before I read this bit of news. A couple of extremely adorable college age kids came over to make their pitch.

Comments

[calystarose]

Wow. That's impressively bad.

[logovo]

The reaction from my husband was "Well, that sounds good" and I don't know if I'm way too paranoid or what. I mentioned again how the police in Mexico are very corrupt. It brought things into scary focus.

[calystarose]

I'll admit I know very, very little about the specifics of life in Mexico. But I have gathered, over the years, that the police and the government are not exactly trustworthy, upstanding people in general.

And even if they were, there is absolutely no ethical reason to tie your cell phone to your government identity number. *shiver*

[logovo]

::nods:: In 2003 the government sold a massive file to a US company of 65 million Mexican voters with all their personal information. The company then turned around and sold it to the US government.

http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/mexico/536881-1.html

There is no trust there.

[calystarose]

omfg that's chilling, like literally. :(