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There are various reasons. What if it turned out someone was using a stolen ID or a fake ID, or the ID didn't match the face, or it wasn't even an ID? You'd wan

There are various reasons. What if it turned out someone was using a stolen ID or a fake ID, or the ID didn't match the face, or it wasn't even an ID? You'd want to be able to see how your process missed it. The real problem is that there aren't many options for real authentication over getting people to upload pictures of high-value credentials. Now every service has to be a security expert, like encrypting the images at rest so they aren't the ones who leak it. It's kind of like how dumb our credit card system is where you have to both share a secret with everyone (from random websites to random restaurants) while hoping the bad guys never get it because the secret can be used anywhere. It kinda works against everyone except the bad guys. Maybe it's time we come up with a deliberate system.

ehnto 4mo ago
> You'd want to be able to see how your process missed it. An incredible risk to take on someone elses behalf, for personal gain. Don't worry, market forces will surely fix this, no need for regulation.
- hombre_fatal 4mo ago
  But, once again, it's the only mechanism we have. We are decades beyond the days where the waitress uses a credit card imprinter to copy your credit card so the restaurant can charge your credit card later, yet that's still basically the state of our tech when it comes to authentication and payment. Not even KYC institutions have better tech. You still upload a scan of your high value creds, maybe with your face in frame.