Oh, those pesky terrorists – always ruining things for everybody else.
First it was bottles of liquid on planes, then t-shirts with guns on them and now the Sri Lankan government is cracking down on people sharing mobile phones. Honestly, the next thing you know they will be stopping innocent people from carrying perfectly explainable alarm clocks and bundles of wire.
The Sri Lankan government reckons that if you lend someone your mobile phone, there is a non-trivial possibility that they might use it to organise a terrorist attack or set off a roadside bomb, before handing it back to you with a grateful smile.
To prevent these – somewhat unlikely – events the Sri Lankan Telecommunication Regulatory Authority will require mobile users to carry certificates of ownership for their phones and to provide proof of identity before buying a new phone.
It will also be illegal to let anyone else use your mobile, lest you enable them to
No idea how effective this be in the old War on Some Terror, but it does sound like a great way for a government to stamp out anonymous communications.
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