Philippines national ID registration portal opens, glitches out in first hour

The Philippines’ attempt to expand its national ID program has stumbled thanks to scaling issues with its two-factor authentication tools. The Philippine Identification System – known as PhilSys – commenced registration in 2020 but previously required completing a paper form, an oddity given the rationale for the project is to …

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Security lapse exposes 345k documents from the Philippines Solicitor General

Security lapse exposes 345k documents from the Philippines Solicitor General

[Pangasinan Philippines]

2FA? Normally SFA

Most people here in Manila use cash.

I once paid FoodPanda meal by card.

The meal never arrived but it took 6 weeks of me chasing the bank to supply written proof.

Cash is King.

My bank uses 2FA to log in and pay for pre-paid cell phone load.

The wait sometimes means the bank web site times out before the 2FA arrives.

Then I get a load of texts all at once with the 2FA requests.

[Anonymous Coward]

Obligatory XKCD

https://xkcd.com/927/

This ID is just another one to add to the 20 or so different types of ID that are valid for government or financial transactions here in the Philippines.

I can't see it being of any value unless most of the others are phased out, and I haven't read anything that suggests this will be the case.

And as other commenters have pointed out, PH doesn't exactly have a good record with either technology or data security.

So it's a big MEH from me, and I will simply keep using my driving license / postal ID / SSS ID / PhilHealth ID / TIN card / store loyalty card / whatever else is in my wallet.