U.S. Secret Service Warns ID Thieves Are Abusing USPS’s Mail Scanning Service

Re:U.S. Secret Service Warns ID Thieves Are Abusing USPS’s M... by ghaff on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:16PM (#18417056)

They may be one form of ID required. (And I'm not sure that's even the case.) They are certainly not sufficient. You need proof of citizenship. You need some form of government-issued ID.

I haven't personally had a social security card in many decades. For the first time in I don't know how long, I do need to provide some form of proof of SSN to get a RealID drivers license renewal but last year's W2 is sufficient for that.

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Re:U.S. Secret Service Warns ID Thieves Are Abusing USPS’s M... by ams6110 on Friday November 09, 2018 @04:29PM (#18418202)

Yeah not required, but accepted. And not sufficient by itself. Birth certificate is good to prove citizenship and those appear to be easily forgeable also, at least the ones I've seen.

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Re:U.S. Secret Service Warns ID Thieves Are Abusing USPS’s M... by ghaff on Friday November 09, 2018 @04:54PM (#18418371)

It's all a tradeoff. As a passport holder, a homeowner, and an employed person who gets a W-2, it only took me a few minutes to round up suitable documents to get a RealID-compliant drivers license renewal. But I'm sure it's more difficult for many. Some level of fraud is probably an acceptable cost for not making identity hard to prove for a significant slice of the population.

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Re:U.S. Secret Service Warns ID Thieves Are Abusing USPS’s M... by dalyons on Friday November 09, 2018 @10:48PM (#18419818)

not in CA? the dmv lady told me i had to have my physical SSN card (which incidentally wasnt listed as a requirement on their website :| )

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