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> The best solution would be if the US introduced mandatory passports or other forms of ID cards with smartcard capability, similar to the German Personalauswei
by 6502nerdface 5y ago
> The best solution would be if the US introduced mandatory passports or other forms of ID cards with smartcard capability, similar to the German Personalausweis. [...] This would entirely kill ID fraud at the source.
So, does Germany not have ID fraud anymore?
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- dtx1 5y agoSure, fake or stolen passports and (often preliminary) ID Cards from public offices exist and are traded on the darkweb but ID fraud is so rare it´s almost unheard of compared to the rampant fraud in the US
- zabatuvajdka 5y agoI think part of it is deregulation in the USA too. As has been mentioned it is sooo easy to sign up for credit cards because banks want citizens drowning in debt. When I lived there I got like 4 credit card applications in the mail per day; every store has its own credit/rewards card; every company has the same idea to extract as much wealth from citizens at the expense of their good health. All of this fraud is an extension of that deregulation, which leaves people exposed. Frankly a slower moving economy is probably BETTER in the long run, but it’s all numbers and figures nowadays. People are reduced to an SSN number.
- mschuster91 5y agoNah. Here in Germany I can open a bank account in a matter of ten minutes online - for once, US-level deregulation is not the problem.