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Is this a disaster waiting to happen if visa/mc one day flip the switch on name verification? Beyond that, for the type of tracking and fingerprinting done tod

Is this a disaster waiting to happen if visa/mc one day flip the switch on name verification? Beyond that, for the type of tracking and fingerprinting done today, how relevant is your name actually?

wirrbel 5y ago
For a lot of stuff your credit card number is the reliable join key anyway
ceejayoz 5y ago
> Is this a disaster waiting to happen if visa/mc one day flip the switch on name verification? Doesn't even have to be that big of a policy change; if Facebook gets suspicious about you using a fake name or various other scenarios, they'll lock your account until you provide a scan of a passport or state ID.
- JackGreyhat 5y ago
  You are assuming that a person who is cautious about privacy, uses facebook. Unlikely. However, I have been in that alley. I renamed my facebook account yearly, until it got blocked indeed. But then again, there are some great ID .psd templates out there:P solved it immediately.
  - ceejayoz 5y ago
    I cite Facebook as a specific example I'm aware of. There's no reason Amazon or Apple (which the parent poster indicates they use) couldn't request similar docs with the threat of an account revocation.
    - tharkun__ 5y ago
      And how and why exactly would rsync care about that? Amazon account gets blocked? He gets a new one. If they block him because they check the PO box against blocked accounts, he gets a new PO box too. Sure it's a hassle because he probably uses it for other stuff too. But nothing really preventing him from doing the fake name+PO box thing for a small likelihood of this ever happening and he'd probably gladly just get a new on if it ever did and there was no other way to convince them. Same with Apple. Apple id gets blocked? Get a new one. I somehow doubt he's bought (err, sorry, rented) thousands of dollars worth of digital content on either platform that would discourage this. Streaming is fine as you can stream the same stuff again on the new account.

Is this a disaster waiting to happen if visa/mc one day flip the switch on name verification? Beyond that, for the type of tracking and fingerprinting done today, how relevant is your name actually?

wirrbel 5y ago

For a lot of stuff your credit card number is the reliable join key anyway

ceejayoz 5y ago

> Is this a disaster waiting to happen if visa/mc one day flip the switch on name verification? Doesn't even have to be that big of a policy change; if Facebook gets suspicious about you using a fake name or various other scenarios, they'll lock your account until you provide a scan of a passport or state ID.

JackGreyhat 5y ago
You are assuming that a person who is cautious about privacy, uses facebook. Unlikely. However, I have been in that alley. I renamed my facebook account yearly, until it got blocked indeed. But then again, there are some great ID .psd templates out there:P solved it immediately.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  I cite Facebook as a specific example I'm aware of. There's no reason Amazon or Apple (which the parent poster indicates they use) couldn't request similar docs with the threat of an account revocation.
  - tharkun__ 5y ago
    And how and why exactly would rsync care about that? Amazon account gets blocked? He gets a new one. If they block him because they check the PO box against blocked accounts, he gets a new PO box too. Sure it's a hassle because he probably uses it for other stuff too. But nothing really preventing him from doing the fake name+PO box thing for a small likelihood of this ever happening and he'd probably gladly just get a new on if it ever did and there was no other way to convince them. Same with Apple. Apple id gets blocked? Get a new one. I somehow doubt he's bought (err, sorry, rented) thousands of dollars worth of digital content on either platform that would discourage this. Streaming is fine as you can stream the same stuff again on the new account.