533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online

Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by AnthonyMouse on Sunday April 04, 2021 @02:07AM (#26687280)

It turns out that signing up for a new bank account is something that people commonly do at the same time as they're moving to a new place and change their address and phone number.

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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by iso1210 on Sunday April 04, 2021 @09:23AM (#26689209)

So you're saying there's effectively no checks for ID for opening a bank account in the US?

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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by cwillu on Sunday April 04, 2021 @05:16PM (#26692920)

"As has been pointed out on HN before, "identity theft" is a made-up concept to make it seem as if you had something stolen from you, when the real problem is banks and other service providers do an absolute shit job of identity verification. They're the ones at fault, and they try to shift the onus onto you to fix things when they screw up."

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