ASTR for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification
Recently, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) developed a tool called Artificial Intelligence and Facial Recognition powered Solution for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification (ASTR).
This tool has the potential to bring down cyber fraud by detecting and blocking possible fraudulent mobile connections, thereby improving overall security.
Key Points
- The Origin of ASTR: The ASTR project was conceptualised and designed between April 2021 and July 2021 by the DoT’s unit in Haryana.
- Working of ASTR: It utilizes a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model to encode and analyze human faces in subscribers' images. This encoding accounts for factors like face tilt, angle, opaqueness, and ....
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