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Re:Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore s... by SilasX on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @05:26PM (#28778679)
I signed up for Schwab (and numerous other financial institutions that were not "banks" per se) without having to go to a branch in person. You usually just submit photos of documents and, in some cases, have your picture taken at your computer.
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Re:Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore s... by tekknik on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @10:37PM (#28781174)
Congrats, now those docs are stored in a database. Good luck getting them deleted.
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Re:Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore s... by rattlesnakedave on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @11:24PM (#28781476)
Yes, banks store your information in databases. Not sure what you’re driving at.
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Re:Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore s... by tekknik on Friday October 08, 2021 @09:43AM (#28799200)
They certainly don't scan and save images of your identifying documents when you go into the branch. They may store your DL and SSN number. This is a lot less than you volunteering up your identifying documents to a public webserver.
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Re:Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore s... by wizzwizz4 on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @06:17PM (#28779187)
Ah, yeah, that was the issue; I didn't have documents. I now remember that I could've signed up entirely online, had I had them.
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