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If it was proving my ID to my own Government then yes, otherwise no - I’d work around the restriction.

by supposemaybe 2y ago

dheera 2y ago
Unfortunately so many websites want you to upload license/passport/lease/etc. these days, I detest this practice.
- janice1999 2y ago
  Other than travel (car rental, visas etc) or KYC from banks, what other sites do this? I haven't experienced this much in Europe.
  - benterix 2y ago
    Facebook demands this if someone else reports your account as not using your real name.
    - supposemaybe 2y ago
      Or a ‘friend’ reports you as dead when you are very much alive and kicking. My partner refused to show Meta ID to verify anything - good on her.
  - dheera 2y ago
    I mean, banks, brokerages, credit cards all have asked for such information, and I don't trust them to not leak it (intentionally or not). It's not KYC I mind as much as having to give them a residential address. I don't want that leaked across the internet. I hate giving out a residential address. The government can have it, I don't care so much about that, but private companies don't need to know where I sleep to know who I am. What if some random sentence I say on the internet becomes the subject of a death threat? What if a startup I found becomes hated by a small group of armed individuals? I'm not a billionaire and don't have the $ for 24/7 security. I really don't anyone to be able to just look up where I sleep. Social security number and some kind of ID number (license, passport) should really be more than enough for KYC purposes.
smarx007 2y ago
How are you planning to work around https://www.apotea.se/security/authentication https://www.apotea.se/security/authentication that uses national https://www.bankid.com/en/ https://www.bankid.com/en/ ?
- supposemaybe 2y ago
  They don’t apply to me, so I am not trying to work around them. If something is going to be too difficult to work around, and it’s a total requirement, then I suppose I will be forced to go with the flow if it means that I will starve or have no bed to sleep in.
bonton89 2y ago
Unfortunately, most people wouldn't care enough to put up with any extra friction, and eventually you'd be against the tide and increasingly locked out of interacting with modern society. I mean, people apparently willingly upload pictures of their driver's license to facebook already.
- supposemaybe 2y ago
  Sad, but I believe what you are saying is true. But on the other hand, who would have though 10 years ago that VPN’s would catch on so much that they plague the YT advertising and often run on commercial TV and radio?!

If it was proving my ID to my own Government then yes, otherwise no - I’d work around the restriction.

dheera 2y ago

Unfortunately so many websites want you to upload license/passport/lease/etc. these days, I detest this practice.

janice1999 2y ago
Other than travel (car rental, visas etc) or KYC from banks, what other sites do this? I haven't experienced this much in Europe.
- benterix 2y ago
  Facebook demands this if someone else reports your account as not using your real name.
  - supposemaybe 2y ago
    Or a ‘friend’ reports you as dead when you are very much alive and kicking. My partner refused to show Meta ID to verify anything - good on her.
- dheera 2y ago
  I mean, banks, brokerages, credit cards all have asked for such information, and I don't trust them to not leak it (intentionally or not). It's not KYC I mind as much as having to give them a residential address. I don't want that leaked across the internet. I hate giving out a residential address. The government can have it, I don't care so much about that, but private companies don't need to know where I sleep to know who I am. What if some random sentence I say on the internet becomes the subject of a death threat? What if a startup I found becomes hated by a small group of armed individuals? I'm not a billionaire and don't have the $ for 24/7 security. I really don't anyone to be able to just look up where I sleep. Social security number and some kind of ID number (license, passport) should really be more than enough for KYC purposes.

smarx007 2y ago

How are you planning to work around https://www.apotea.se/security/authentication https://www.apotea.se/security/authentication that uses national https://www.bankid.com/en/ https://www.bankid.com/en/ ?

supposemaybe 2y ago
They don’t apply to me, so I am not trying to work around them. If something is going to be too difficult to work around, and it’s a total requirement, then I suppose I will be forced to go with the flow if it means that I will starve or have no bed to sleep in.

bonton89 2y ago

Unfortunately, most people wouldn't care enough to put up with any extra friction, and eventually you'd be against the tide and increasingly locked out of interacting with modern society. I mean, people apparently willingly upload pictures of their driver's license to facebook already.

supposemaybe 2y ago
Sad, but I believe what you are saying is true. But on the other hand, who would have though 10 years ago that VPN’s would catch on so much that they plague the YT advertising and often run on commercial TV and radio?!