Stefanie Yuen Thio was quoted in The Business Times by Yong Jun Yuan.

The article covered the lack of security of NRIC numbers. Stef was quoted saying that she agrees with the government’s stance that NRIC numbers are for identification and are insufficiently private for verification.

She said that she has told a bank officer asking to do a “phone verification” before proceeding to take her banking instructions, that the NRIC and date of birth information they request is easily available and not sufficiently secure. She added that this is a good wake-up call for companies to consider how they can enhance their verification procedures with biometric or in-app verification methods.

This article has been syndicated in the Singapore Law Watch.