Kenya seeks ID cards from Elon Musk’s Starlink users

Boxes containing Starlink kits at Geek Tech Robotic supplies shop at Bazaar Plaza in Nairobi on November 11, 2024

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Kenyan authorities have issued a demand to Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide national identity (ID) cards, postal addresses and phone numbers of its subscribers to curb cybercrime amid surveillance and privacy concerns.

Starlink has informed its satellite internet subscribers that services risk being discontinued from May if they fail to provide the identification documents for State use.

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