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The UK is also heavily resistant to any sort of national ID scheme, and so National Insurance numbers (our equiv of SSN) are also a sortof proxy ID for people i
by codeulike 9y ago
The UK is also heavily resistant to any sort of national ID scheme, and so National Insurance numbers (our equiv of SSN) are also a sortof proxy ID for people in work etc. But the difference is we don't pretend they are secret. In other words: we use it as a primary key, but we don't assume its a shared secret.
- umanwizard 9y agoSo let's say you want to apply for a bank loan or credit card online, or look up information about yourself on a government website - how do you prove you're you? Or is this simply not possible in the UK without visiting a bank branch etc.?
- sanbor 9y agoHere in Argentina you sign the docs and write your name and in case of problems they'll analyze the signature and handwriting.
- codeulike 9y agoYou usually end up sending copies of your passport and proof of address (eg utility bill) by post. Sometimes the copies have to be certified by a lawyer/solicitor, to prove they are true copies of the original document