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Back In The Day, if somewhere like a car hire agency wanted to record proof of identity they'd photocopy your driver's license on paper, and store it in a filin
by michaelt 24d ago
Back In The Day, if somewhere like a car hire agency wanted to record proof of identity they'd photocopy your driver's license on paper, and store it in a filing cabinet. The computer record of a customer's account would just say "driving license checked, on file at branch #1234"
Security-wise this comes with obvious downsides - but as protection against cyberattack, it's pretty much the gold standard.
- SapporoChris 24d agoA system abandoned decades ago? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard
- Tarq0n 24d agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gold_standard https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gold_standard
- expedition32 24d agoUnfortunately letting random companies photocopy your passport leads to identify fraud.
- embedding-shape 24d agoWould it be better if it was a digital copy, or what? Somehow, my drivers license, passport and ID has been photocopied and digitally copied countless of times, in multiple countries, over more than three decades, yet not a single time I've been affected by identity fraud. So somehow, seems it doesn't "lead to" always but I'm sure it does happen sometimes, yes.
- Tangurena2 24d agoTo abuse that requires physically going to a file cabinet. People in that office are going to question you. If something happens, it is isolated to a single office, limiting suspects to a small number. Putting it online makes it vulnerable to the entire planet with about 8 billion suspects.