Re:Fury at Facebook as login requests “Government ID”
by darklajid on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @05:36AM
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Committing a crime by doing what? Providing a utility bill that isn't legit/shows your name instead of mine? Providing a fake 'yearbook'? A 'bus card' to hijack an account?
Obviously hijacking an account is illegal, but the means to do it probably aren't: A good number of these 'proves' aren't special, aren't protected documents as far as I can tell. There's nothing illegal about 'forging' a yearbook page.
I'd say these measures are providing nothing but decent ways to hijack an account and have zero legitimate uses as means to identify myself to a random web application.
Obviously hijacking an account is illegal, but the means to do it probably aren't: A good number of these 'proves' aren't special, aren't protected documents as far as I can tell. There's nothing illegal about 'forging' a yearbook page.
I'd say these measures are providing nothing but decent ways to hijack an account and have zero legitimate uses as means to identify myself to a random web application.