The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.
  • Hikermick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    12 hours ago

    My elderly father recently fell for a Facebook imposter that pretended to be a family member and asked if their friend could contact him. The friend asked him to take a photo of his driver’s license and text it to them, fortunately he doesn’t know how. I’ve been wondering ever since what can they do if they had it? It doesn’t have his social security number on it. His credit has since been locked and banks notified

    • historicaldocuments@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 hours ago

      I’ve been wondering ever since what can they do if they had it?

      Ask for pictures of all his other paperwork so they can finish onboarding him at his new job.

  • Darkard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    195·
    19 hours ago

    But don’t forget guys, uploading your government IDs to any old fucking website to prove your age is very safe and protects children. There’s no way this could go wrong and everyone in the supply chain is very trustworthy

  • Bell@lemmy.worldEnglish
    222·
    14 hours ago

    Annnd this is why a refuse to verify with IDs online and use services like Plaid. And the web of T&C’s from multiple 3rd party services like this will mean all of them get shielded from blame.

    • 7101334@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      12 hours ago

      Did you read the article? They were renting a car. A car rental place isn’t going to let you just not show your ID.

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 hours ago

      The IRS made me since I used a different service to file my takes this year. It was a pain in the ass. Apparently my existing id.me login wasn’t enough, they wanted a video call or a scan of my face. There was no other option. It was a pain.

      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 hours ago

        they tried that with me. I just told em to fuck off.

        if you make it impossible to identify myself through standard means, you don’t get my tax dollars. 🤷 fuck em.

  • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    18 hours ago

    I don’t like it when a store scans my driver’s license to buy alcohol. I stick to small convenience stores without that tech.

  • 7101334@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    12 hours ago

    Most of this seems very serious and concerning, but…

    Nexus also claimed to provide scans of marijuana dispensary cards

    What could anyone possibly do with that? It costs like $50 to get one in California, not sure about other states.