So from my experience of these type of systems (mostly in the context of banking services) they normally want to use your devices camera to take the picture directly, and normally also want a photo of a photographic ID to compare against.
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jhoward@lemmy.sdf.org 6 hours ago
What’s to stop uploading a random picture of a person? Or even an AI generated person? I get what they’re trying to do, but seems like legislative theater more than anything.
Technofrood@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 40 minutes ago
Sounds like a good area that’s about to get a whole lot better at faking this system. I would just take a picture of a picture if that’s what it takes. Then again, I would never do this and will just look elsewhere.
manualoverride@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Let’s not forget all that lovely metadata they can harvest by accessing the camera module, including the exact GPS co-ordinates the picture was taken.
Babalugats@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Within banking apps it has become the norm, it shouldn’t mean it’s acceptable, but for the wider community it is accepted.
But for a fucking forum?? Christ. Especially at a time when Europe are trying to establish digital sovereignty and all of the stories coming out about the US government having access to data. We already know that they are willing to share that with the highest bidder (s).
People would have to be absolute morons to upload anything personal to Reddit, nevermind your photo ID like a passport or driving licence. But obviously that’s what they’re banking on (people being morons).
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Within banking apps it has become the norm
“The fucking fuck?” — America
floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Not the norm here in Canada. Not with any banking app I’ve used anyway.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
The photo will be uploaded to Persona, not Reddit, if their blurb is to be believed. But yes, it’s nuts, and also now required by law.
iii@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
I’ve once attempted to open a bank account where they wanted video proof, and expected me to say a randomly assigned phrase. I didn’t do it.
Fucking KYC is BS.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Banks are highly regulated so it is not surprising that thet would as for identity proof, reddit on the other hand has no business doing it.
iii@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
Reddit is doing this as a response to regulation as well. Governments all around europe are turning digital communications into a highly regulated environment (“for the children”), because they’re afraid of communicating. UK is just one of the earlier.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
That is why I said highly regulated, bank have many safeguard to protect clients for example PCI DSS. On the other hand as far as I know this is a law requiring them to verify people and I don’t think there is a standard for this. Every company will do its own thing.