Avevo parlato della follia delle intestazioni nei mesi scorsi per provare a capire perché fosse necessaria tutta la burocrazia che c’é dietro all’intestazione di una simcard.
Chi ha provato a dare un senso a tutto ciò ha detto che fosse legato antiterrorismo, nonostante la norma che sta dietro alla registrazione delle carte prepagate sia precedente agli ultimi rischi di attentati.
Rischi che vengono declinati, a seconda delle legislazioni, in situazioni opposte l’una alle altre: nel Regno Unito, dove di terrorismo si parla da ben prima del 2001, ci sono addetti ai lavori che commentano così: “I think the government’s so-called proposals to require mobile customers to present their passports at the point of purchase are hilarious. As a scheme, it sounds about as well well thought out as the idea of hauling off drunks to cashpoint machines to pay fines and expecting them to remember their pin numbers when they are trying not to throw up on their shoes. […]
Vodafone has a point, however. The scheme is totally unworkable. Firstly, not everyone takes foreign holidays and therefore has a passport. Second – and do you think the government possibly overlooked this one? – if Al Qaeda operatives can build a bomb, they can certainly manage to rustle up as few forged documents.
This measure would not deter any international terrorist worth his or her salt. It might however stop box breaking in its tracks. You’d think this might be good news to the networks, however they still are inclined to turn a blind eye to false connections as they are convenient means of getting quick hit sales”.
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