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I don't doubt that this happened, but if you use e-verify and fill in Form I-9 how does this happen? I'm in the middle of hiring an F-1 student on OPT and I nee
by renewiltord 3y ago
I don't doubt that this happened, but if you use e-verify and fill in Form I-9 how does this happen? I'm in the middle of hiring an F-1 student on OPT and I need to look at his EAD and verify it's not fake according to my lawyer. So I do. Nice and easy.
- furyofantares 3y agoIt says it was a couple decades ago
- astrange 3y agoCan't be that many (3?) if they made cell phones.
- furyofantares 3y agoI suppose I'm doubting that e-verify was ubiquitous 20 years ago, or nearly as likely to catch things.
- dboreham 3y agoAttacker's opsec presumably takes this into account.
- greyface- 3y agoIntelligence agencies can presumably mint valid SSNs along with other identity documents to use in situations like this.
- Aaargh20318 3y agoThey can’t forge a chipped passport unless they somehow got hold of the private key for the country’s CSCA certificate.
- GauntletWizard 3y agoThey can forge a real one by providing enough forged identity documents and paying the right bribes. They don't need to suborn the private keys - Just the people who have "use" access to them.
- greyface- 3y agoDoing such a thing is entirely within the purview and capability set of an intelligence agency.
- freeone3000 3y agoWhy would you need to? Passports are not required to hire a person; most americans don’t even have one.
- userbinator 3y agoNor citizens of many other countries; passports are mainly for out-of-country travel purposes.
- watermelon0 3y agoMany countries require citizens to either have a passport or a national ID card. Lately, many countries have also been switching to biometric ones. Not saying this helps in any way for employment purposes today, but the technology is out there in many places.
- fragmede 3y agoProof of ability to work in the county legally is though, of which a passport is one of the allowed documents.
- Aaargh20318 3y agoYou’re not required to have a copy of annemployee’s ID on file? Here (.nl) you need either a passport or an ID card and you are supposed to verify its authenticity.
- renewiltord 3y ago> No record for him nor his social security number seemed to check out This is the part that doesn't make sense. But the other sibling comment is probably right. It might have been before e-verify was widely in use. Besides, you just run through Checkr and friends unless you know the guy, so this "no record of him" thing would pop up these days. I suppose I'm not too concerned about this attack vector now that we have this stuff.
- kortilla 3y agoE verify was definitely not ubiquitous two decades ago. Even during Covid one of my friends didn’t have his new employer actually verify i9 docs until a year into employment…