Indonesia biometric SIM registration has passed 10 million facial verifications since July 1, but the government's next target signals a far larger shift: mandatory re-registration for all 291 million active subscribers, with no independent data protection agency yet in place to oversee a database whose predecessor was breached at 1.3 billion records in 2022.
Indonesia's Biometric SIM Drive Hits 10 Million, Targets 291 Million Existing Subscribers
