Re:Google announces passwordless by default: Make the switch...
by lxgr on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @03:56PM
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Despite what many companies seem to believe, looking at a copy of somebody's identification presented remotely documents does not constitute identity verification.
Photo ID is (relatively) secure in exactly one use case: Verifying that a person standing in front of you is who they claim to be. Everything else is inane pseudo-security.
Photo ID is (relatively) secure in exactly one use case: Verifying that a person standing in front of you is who they claim to be. Everything else is inane pseudo-security.