Jakarta, Dec. 17 -- The Ministry of Communication and Digital expects that SIM card registration based on biometric facial recognition will limit the scope of digital criminals, who often use mobile phone numbers as a gateway.

The ministry's Director General of Digital Ecosystems, Edwin Hidayat Abdullah, noted that almost all cybercrime methods, such as scam calls, spoofing, smishing, and social engineering fraud, use mobile phone numbers as their primary tool.

"The losses from this digital fraud have reached more than Rp7 trillion (US$407 million). In fact, there are more than 30 million scam calls every month, and each person receives at least one spam call once a week. Therefore, we implemented a policy requiring SIM card registratio...