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I think this just goes to show how useful some kind of digital identity verification service would be. Giving your ID to a third party isn't that risky (as I ha

I think this just goes to show how useful some kind of digital identity verification service would be. Giving your ID to a third party isn't that risky (as I hand it over to grocery cashiers all the time) but we certainly have the tech to do better. It would be great to have a system with a municipal agency where you sign up for an account at the DMV and then they will sign low-info attestations of identity ("this person is over 18", "this person resides in California", etc) in response to queries from orgs.

code_checker4 5y ago
This. Society evolving to require a service like this sounds great to me.
gretch 5y ago
We have a lot of evidence that local/municipal agencies are a huge attack vector for hackers. You have the resources and talent pool of a small city who now has to defend against attacks from all over the planet. Consider the ransomware attacks against the city of Baltimore: https://www.govtech.com/security/for-second-time-in-a-year-baltimore-hit-with-ransomware.html https://www.govtech.com/security/for-second-time-in-a-year-b... I'd much rather my sensitive digital information be stored with FB (knowing how much they spend on cyber security) than the CA DMV.
- aeturnum 5y ago
  > I'd much rather my sensitive digital information be stored with FB (knowing how much they spend on cyber security) than the CA DMV. I know what you mean and also my information is stored at the DMV if I want a drivers' liscence - we have no choice in the matter. I think we must improve public systems.
trutannus 5y ago
Where on earth (quite literally) do you live where you give your ID to cashiers in the grocery stores? Even in alcohol sales, these ID records are not kept. The clerks just look at the ID.
- aeturnum 5y ago
  It's quite common to scan IDs in California to verify age (I assume to guard against fakes). I believe it's also common in other parts of the US.

code_checker4 5y ago

This. Society evolving to require a service like this sounds great to me.

gretch 5y ago

We have a lot of evidence that local/municipal agencies are a huge attack vector for hackers. You have the resources and talent pool of a small city who now has to defend against attacks from all over the planet. Consider the ransomware attacks against the city of Baltimore: https://www.govtech.com/security/for-second-time-in-a-year-baltimore-hit-with-ransomware.html https://www.govtech.com/security/for-second-time-in-a-year-b... I'd much rather my sensitive digital information be stored with FB (knowing how much they spend on cyber security) than the CA DMV.

aeturnum 5y ago
> I'd much rather my sensitive digital information be stored with FB (knowing how much they spend on cyber security) than the CA DMV. I know what you mean and also my information is stored at the DMV if I want a drivers' liscence - we have no choice in the matter. I think we must improve public systems.

trutannus 5y ago

Where on earth (quite literally) do you live where you give your ID to cashiers in the grocery stores? Even in alcohol sales, these ID records are not kept. The clerks just look at the ID.

aeturnum 5y ago
It's quite common to scan IDs in California to verify age (I assume to guard against fakes). I believe it's also common in other parts of the US.