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Stealing a shoebox of photocopied passports from every hotel in the city sounds like way more work and way riskier than downloading an already aggregated trove
by nkrisc 4mo ago
Stealing a shoebox of photocopied passports from every hotel in the city sounds like way more work and way riskier than downloading an already aggregated trove of digital data.
- shmoobadge 4mo agoOk, how about the google photos archive from the hotel next door with 1000s of pictures of passports taken on the shared unlocked $100 android phone that sits on the front desk? Not millions I grant you, but again, there doesn't seem to be an issue with active exploitation of these.
- mothballed 4mo agoThere is an issue with active exploitation of passports, of course the scale can change. Due to banking KYC / other KYC laws there's a market for these copied identities and of course so criminals don't even get a speedbump by KYC whereas the boot is used up the ass of the normal person trying to pass KYC when they're missing some stupid document like proof of address.
- lifestyleguru 4mo ago> the boot is used up the ass of the normal person trying to pass KYC when they're missing some stupid document like proof of address. We are not there yet, Sir. First you must provide inheritance document showing the amount inherited and deed of purchase and sale of real estate. This is the law.
- lesostep 4mo agoYeah, that should be criminalised. I never have seen it happen thought, usually hotels dont even copy the passport, they just make you fill a form and then check your passport to see if that's correct. Taking a photocopy is already next level. Is it a region specific thing? Where did you see hotels like that?