Mexican Government To Document Cell Phone Use

Alyssey writes "The Mexican government wants to have a database to track every cellphone number in the country (in Spanish, Google translation) and whom it belongs to. They want to tie in the CURP (Unique Registration Population Code in Spanish, like the Social Security Number in the US) with cellphone numbers. If Mexicans don't send in their number and CURP via SMS before April 10, 2010, their cellphone number will be blocked. The new law was published back in February and is going into effect now."

Re:Prepaid phones.

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

I don't have any information on prepaid phone providers in Mexico; if they're as prevalent as they are here in the States, how will this affect those users? Can you just register the phone as belonging to Inigo Montoya and be done with it?

Worst case, you need a fake id. Surely those are impossible to get in Mexico.

You mean a log file or like a phone bill ?

[Bob_Who]

We don't need no stinkin' log file! How dare they keep records of everything. AT&T, Verizon and Sprint would never do that! No way! If our telecoms actually kept records they would bill me for every minute I log any time on the network so that they could over charge me. In America, we know how to lie about the truth so we can steal from our customers, and then turn em into the Feds! We better build a bigger wall so their cellular towers don't vector any of our border towns!

Re:No cell phone

[Anonymous Coward]

Stories like this always make me very, very glad that I've never bothered to buy a cell phone. I mean sure, I know my government will track me somehow anyway, but at least I have the satisfaction of making the bastards work for their data.

By posting as an AC you really showed them. They'll be stumped for months on that one!

Re:Stupid Laws, more stupid implementations.

[gandhi_2]

It would be more efficient to outlaw kidnapping and drug dealing.

Re:Prepaid phones.

[houstonbofh]

Lucky Mexican dead folks. They will have cell phones and everything. Here, all they can do is vote.

Re:Prepaid phones.

[snl2587]

Good thing I burned all mine off a few years ago, eh?

Re:Prepaid phones.

[bensafrickingenius]

My name is Inigo Montoya. You blocked my cellphone. Prepare to die.



(My sig has been waiting YEARS for me to make a post like this!)

Re:Prepaid phones.

[BrokenHalo]

I used to give the address of the local Police HQ.... :-)

Re:Prepaid phones.

[ppanon]

That could turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy someday.