News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Amazon Is Asking Indians to Hand Over Their Aadhaar Biometric ID. Parent comment

Re:Amazon Is Asking Indians to Hand Over Their Aadhaar Biome... by intended on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:26AM (#15814486)
How is ID fraud not scalable in this case?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Amazon Is Asking Indians to Hand Over Their Aadhaar Biome... by beojan on Thursday November 30, 2017 @05:00AM (#15814648)
Because you'd have to clone SIM cards / otherwise gain access to someone's text messages instead of just using a bulk list of "secret question" answers.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Amazon Is Asking Indians to Hand Over Their Aadhaar Biome... by plaguuuuuu on Thursday November 30, 2017 @07:21AM (#15815161)
just need a shitty telco to do a # transfer.

I've also heard Verizon, or maybe another American company, also offers access to SMS via the website? That's a disaster waiting to happen.

[ Parent | on HN ]