Zimbabwe Proposes Mandatory Phone Registration, Raising Surveillance Concerns

Zimbabwe’s telecommunications regulator, the Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), is advocating for a new law that would mandate the registration of every mobile phone in the country—not just SIM cards. The aim is to gather and store each device’s unique identifier, the IMEI number, in a national database. The stated purpose? To … Continue reading Zimbabwe Proposes Mandatory Phone Registration, Raising Surveillance Concerns More