[Discuss] Google wants images of my passport, driver's license, bank statement, etc.

Dan Ritter dsr at randomstring.org
Mon Aug 27 09:30:21 EDT 2012


On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 09:22:20AM -0400, Laura Conrad wrote:
> >>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel C <dcrookston at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>     Daniel> I don't see why you couldn't use Skype (or other videoconferencing
>     Daniel> tool of your choice) to connect with a customer service center and
>     Daniel> show them your ID, though.
> 
>     Daniel> Unless they're being *really* evil and screencapping their
>     Daniel> calls just to get sensitive data, this seems like a
>     Daniel> semi-reasonable alternative, though admittedly I haven't
>     Daniel> really thought it through.  Can anyone see potential
>     Daniel> problems with doing it this way?
> 
> Lots of people don't have a working skype setup?

And weren't much interested in it before Microsoft bought them,
and even less so now?

-dsr-



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