{
  "id": 18281861,
  "title": "Icasa’s Sim rules need a privacy backstop",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/icasas-sim-rules-need-a-privacy-backstop",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-05T08:42:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCentral",
    "slug": "techcentral",
    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/icasa-sim-rules-privacy-backstop/288056/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Icasa must rule out private companies storing fingerprints and let operators compete to stop fraud.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}