Re:Ask HN: Would you provide your ID(s) while registering wi...
by siddharthgdas on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @05:21PM
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Sure, I am building an app so I wanted to know how willing would people be. The idea is to only verify the registered users against the ID and not store them for later use.
That being said, all IDs that I own are issued for a particular service, any app/webservice asking me to upload a copy of them, would most likely re-use some aspect of value that these IDs provide for a different purpose, and I can't think of an actual, compelling reason why I would give someone else access to it.
And that's before even thinking about security and the possibility of a breach.
Would you mind sharing why you are asking ?