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Re:Three Years in Identity Theft Hell by incompatible on Saturday September 16, 2017 @07:46PM (#15267397)
These systems don't work well remotely, of course. Sometimes an organisation will accept an upload of a scan or a mailing of a photocopy. They sometimes require it to be signed by a somebody to verify that it's genuine (e.g., a Justice of the Peace). But by doing that, the "hard to forge" feature is lost entirely.
Re:Three Years in Identity Theft Hell by my_ghola on Saturday September 16, 2017 @08:01PM (#15267451)
They do use a scan or a photocopy, but having that stored it is easier to check the identity of the real person once they claim there was identity theft.
Re:Three Years in Identity Theft Hell by incompatible on Saturday September 16, 2017 @08:51PM (#15267630)
The "verified photocopies" can be a bit of a joke. I know somebody who was having trouble finding enough ID for something. They printed an online bank statement, photocopied it, and got a JP to verify the photocopy against the original printout.
Re:Three Years in Identity Theft Hell by kilotaras on Sunday September 17, 2017 @03:30AM (#15268636)
Ukraine is experimenting and slowly rolling out an oauth-like system called BankID, where you bank can provide information to third party.
Re:Three Years in Identity Theft Hell by novium on Sunday September 17, 2017 @11:51AM (#15270147)
At first I was surprised by you mentioning Ukraine and BankID, especially since it's developed by Swedish banks. But reading about it now makes it seem like they are branching out to other European countries as well.

Over here it's basically used for everything that needs authentication / signatures - taxes, banking etc.

Re:Three Years in Identity Theft Hell by amigoingtodie on Sunday September 17, 2017 @08:26AM (#15269281)
You talking about Facebook?