alt Hacker NewsJust because a company wants to know who you are doesn’t mean they are entitled to a scan of a sensitive government document that can be used to commit identity theft.
I’m amazed that it is even legal for businesses to ask for that at all, outside of a few exceptional cases of which “I want to rent a server” most certainly isn’t one.
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throw1234567891 • yesterday at 11:46 AM
They ask me for it when I need a sim card. What is the difference.
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gmueckl • yesterday at 8:36 PM
It's rather an indicator of a system that is so broken that a digital copy of a single form of ID document is sufficient to impersonate someone well enough to do financial damage.
> I’m amazed that it is even legal for businesses to ask for that at all, outside of a few exceptional cases of which “I want to rent a server” most certainly isn’t one.
How about the case of “I want to rent a server to distribute illicit and or dangerous materials and then it’s your problem”?