Iraqi Students Uploading ID Papers to Mobile Web Sites

Iraqi students are reported to have found a high-tech solution to prove their personal identity after several incidents where insurgents kidnapped students and confiscated passports and personal documentation issued by the new Iraqi government.

In order to avoid misidentification and in order to issue new passports the students are using a mobile social network, Mobixie to upload photos of their passports and other personal records so that they will be able to retrieve these documents from their mobile phone at any time or at check points in case the documents are confiscated or lost.

[via Cellular News]

emily | 12:27 PM | News, Buzz |
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