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Registration of Mobile Lines Could Generate “Temptations”

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The establishment of a mandatory registration of mobile lines in Mexico may seem attractive in the short term, as long as it helps to end the crimes committed using the mobile phone service, as the State argues, but when there are no more unregistered lines, it can be “very tempting” as a means of citizen control. “Giving all power to a single entity – whatever – can be a very bad idea because it can lead to someone deciding who has or does not …
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José Antonio Merino explained that the information requested at the time of the link is only to validate the identity of the users.The post Registration of cellulars: Are my data safe?Digital Agency clarifies your doubts first appeared on SinEmbargo MX.Read the full text in sinembargo.mx

More than 2 million mobile phone lines have already been registered as part of the federal government's new strategy to associate each number with an identified person, with...

Seven days after the mandatory registration of telephone lines began, with which they seek to stop extortions, frauds, among other crimes, have completed the process 2 million 151 thousand 802 people, said José Antonio Peña Merino, holder of the Digital Transformation Agency. “Of course, this is going to go forward and accelerate,” he said at the presidential conference.

Guanajuato, Mexico.- In order to reduce the criminal incidence through telephone lines, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (CRT) established the mandatory registration of mobile phone users throughout the country, eliminating the anonymity that allows this service to be used to commit crimes. In the case of Guanajuato, it was from January 9, 2026 that all persons with a telephone company could make the registration where the telephone …

The head of the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency, José Antonio Peña Merino. Courtesy: Government of Mexico The mandatory association of telephone lines with a person is already a reality in Mexico. During the People's Morning that heads the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the head of the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency, José Antonio Peña Merino, explained the scope, operation and objectives …

The head of the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency, José Antonio Peña Merino, explained this Friday the importance of the mandatory registration of telephone lines, noting that the anonymous purchase of chips in Mexico has facilitated crimes such as extortion, fraud, harassment and virtual kidnapping. During the presidential morning conference, he stressed that so far 2 million 151, 802 cell lines have been registered, a figure…

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Consumotic broke the news in on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
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