Dr. Łukasz Olejnik, an independent researcher and consultant, author of the books “Cybersecurity Philosophy” and “Propaganda”, drew attention to the rash of such “discouraging” comments on the X platform.
Restricting your PESEL number. “There’s definitely a bottom line here”
“Some comments under the entry about the possibility of blocking the (editor’s) PESEL number make, let’s put it, a big impression,” he wrote, among others. expert who commented, among others, entry of one of the Internet users, claiming that blocking the PESEL number “is another scam.” The entry also contains “anti-vaccination” elements.
In turn, another one wonders why “officials and the state care so much about everyone keeping their PESEL number.” “There’s definitely a hidden meaning here,” an Internet user wonders. “People either do not understand or do not want to understand; but there is also a lot of distrust in officials, politicians, and the state,” the expert concluded.
Reservation of the PESEL number. Trolling and “outside activities”?
– Content can be divided into several types. From surprise with the new function, through surprise even at the fact that someone could actually choose a loan for us without our consent and knowledge, through reluctance to take any action, such as installing some government applications, comparisons to digital activities during the COVID pandemic, and even broad distrust to politicians and state officials – says Łukasz Olejnik to Next.gazeta.pl.
The expert adds that “suspicions arouse various statements in which the authors somehow do not understand or do not want to understand the matter. It is as if they were writing just for the fact.”
This could be considered trolling. Grassroots or not, it’s hard for us to tell right away. I consider it possible trolling. It cannot be ruled out that expressions of skepticism will intensify, and even attempts will be made to play it off with external actions
– says Olejnik.
“It is a scandal that the Polish state tolerated such a situation”
He also draws attention to one important thing and talks about the scandal. – It is a scandal that the Polish state tolerated a situation where a citizen’s life can be made difficult or even destroyed by performing legal actions on his or her behalf, with financial consequences. It is a scandal that no attempt has been made to correct this situation for years. So I’m delighted that some residual possibility has finally emerged. Unfortunately, the information campaign leaves something to be desired – an expert tells us. – Too little attention is paid to explaining the possibility of registering the PESEL number physically, at the commune office. There are people who cannot or do not want to use government applications or websites over the Internet. Whatever the reasons, the state should respect it, he adds. Dr. Łukasz Olejnik also claims that the restriction of the PESEL number could certainly have been introduced earlier, but “apparently it was not possible or not wanted.” – For some reasons that, unfortunately, we do not know – he sums up.
Reservation of the PESEL number. This is what you need to know
From June 1, 2024, financial institutions in Poland are obliged to check, before granting a loan or credit, whether . This means that if someone withholds their PESEL number, fraudsters will not be able to use it to take out a loan or loan using someone else’s data. Moreover, a given financial institution that grants a loan will not be able to pursue claims against the crime victim. Whether our PESEL number is reserved will be checked not only by financial institutions, such as banks, but also by notaries and telecommunications operators. To protect yourself against the consequences of having your data stolen, you can use, among others, the “Zastrzeż PESEL” service in the mObywatel 2.0 application. You can also register your PESEL number at the commune office or on the mObywatel website.
Source: Gazeta
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