Fury at Facebook as login requests “Government ID”
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Re: Fury at Facebook as login requests “Government ID”
#2With each passing day, I look less and less like a lunatic for avoiding facebook (and its ilk) like the plague.
You should try it.
Re: Fury at Facebook as login requests “Government ID”
#3Two comments on this:
We started http://www.nymrights.org to combat issues like this. One of our long term goals is to get companies to adopt policies preventing data demands like this unless sufficient protections (read, laws) are in place. (if you're a company debating adopting such a policy, I'd love to chat!)
Second, if you're European, check out the European Court of Human Rights, which offers protection against privacy intrusions like this. It's worth noting that some countries get more specific: Germany has the Telemedia Act, which specifically protects against problems like this.
Re: Fury at Facebook as login requests “Government ID”
#4This is a smart move by Facebook; they already sit on the worlds largest data trove (user profiles with likes, family member info, network info, tagged pictures, etc. etc.), and now they add the last part of the user verification step...
Re: Fury at Facebook as login requests “Government ID”
#5With each passing day, I look less and less like a lunatic for avoiding facebook (and its ilk) like the plague. You should try it.
People think those who don't use Facebook are lunatics? Why?
Re: Fury at Facebook as login requests “Government ID”
#6Not as bad as Paypal with their requirement that you provide proof of SSN to unfreeze your funds that were frozen for no apparent legitimate reason.
Re: Fury at Facebook as login requests “Government ID”
#7Simple, do rely only on Facebook, be ready to ditch it at any moment.
Re: Fury at Facebook as login requests “Government ID”
#8What amazes me even more is that almost all of those people are screaming an shouting and are entering the ID the next day and forget about it.
Re: Fury at Facebook as login requests “Government ID”
#9This is a smart move by Facebook; they already sit on the worlds largest data trove (user profiles with likes, family member info, network info, tagged pictures, etc. etc.), and now they add the last part of the user verification step...
How is this smart? (Not disagreeing, just requesting more info.)
Re: Fury at Facebook as login requests “Government ID”
#10an ID-verified person - 1st level, 100%. Everything s/he tagged, communicated with, etc... - 2nd level, 95%, everybody "touched" by 2nd level - 90%,... Just a few hundred thousands optimally selected, and the graph is well verified while maintaining an impression of the ID-checks being rare exceptional events.