Comment on Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
ccunning@lemmy.world 13 hours agoI don’t think that’s the main reason folks are concerned about having their government IDs stolen.
Comment on Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
ccunning@lemmy.world 13 hours agoI don’t think that’s the main reason folks are concerned about having their government IDs stolen.
bassomitron@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Yeah, people already browse porn with zero privacy precautions, so linking their fetishes to them would be trivial. The main concern is having yet another privacy vulnerability vector for identity theft.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
And there are so many of those these days that a new one genuinely doesn’t matter.
If you haven’t been offered a free year of identity theft insurance recently? Some company/org is plugging their ears.
SSNs are a fundamentally broken system (look it up). Photo IDs? I will guarantee you that if you go to ANY city there is someone at the DMV who will look up whatever you want for fifty bucks. The ONLY reason credit card fraud is less massive than it is (and it is MASSIVE) is because the CC companies put in the effort to monitor that and lock it down.
EVERYONE should have their credit records locked unless they are actively applying for something.
bassomitron@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Um, having direct access to pull my government photo ID is a huge deal. Lots of online services require photo ID or other more in-depth verification to pull loans and stuff. So yes, this new vector IS a serious concern.
And paying someone $50 at any DMV? C’mon, man, that sounds like some unfounded bullshit. Hardly anyone is going to risk a cushy government job with solid benefits and great hours for fucking $50, let alone the potential risk of going to jail.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Your “government photo ID” really isn’t all that useful unless people are skilled enough to make fakes (which is a whole different mess). What matters is your SSN, your credit card number, your address, etc.
And those are basically everywhere.
As for the DMV thing: You sweet summer child.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 10 hours ago
You’re living in a movie.