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> On the one hand, I understand there's a real issue with these. My personal hate of these is how much information they require you to hand over to some random
by paranoidrobot 4y ago
> On the one hand, I understand there's a real issue with these.
My personal hate of these is how much information they require you to hand over to some random organisation.
Some make you take photos or videos of yourself holding your ID, and sure they say that they delete the information, but we all know that rarely happens.
I just don't trust their infosec policies, and it's only a matter of time before one of these companies gets reported as having a public S3 bucket, or employee laptop, or USB drive stuffed with video and ID scans and background check data.
- voidfunc 4y agoBingo. Most background check companies seem like literally the scummiest things in the world. I have no problem with a background check, but I don't trust these companies at all.
- tptacek 4y agoIt would be a different story if people at companies of our ballpark size had stories about how background check results were informative, or mitigated some risk. But nobody has those stories.
- formerkrogemp 4y agoIt's funny how much fraud could have been prevented with simple background checks however. There's an entire podcast about financial fraud called "Oh My Fraud" about many instances where a simple background check might have prevented hundreds of thousands of dollars of fraud at charities. Ah well. I understand the negative impact upon recidivism that background checks and stigma may have, but also we have to balance the interest of financial and information controls of organizations performing essential functions in society. Ideally speaking.
- Jistern 4y ago
- red_admiral 4y agoThere should be a rule that all background check companies for SOC2 audits must be certified SOC2 themselves.
- woleium 4y agoVery much this.