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minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-28 months agoTo identity you Edit: I’m not defending the system. I’m just stating the fact
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•8 months agoYou can identify by other means. Or at least give the opportunity to use other means. If you can’t keep my personal information safe, you shouldn’t be allowed to collect it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agookay but then they wouldn’t have as much data to sell and re-sell and corellate, and couldn’t ask as high a price. do you just hate business?
minus-square@RamblingPandalinkEnglish3•8 months ago do you just hate business? They make it too easy, it’s hard not to hate them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months ago Have you ever hated a phone company … for losing your social security number? You will — AT&T
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-28 months agoThen why can I buy a prepaid SIM with cash and no ID? I do this when travelling to the US because it’s cheaper than international roaming.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoMI6 agents get special privileges. Some are even issued a license to text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoThen why do our ISPs in Germany at best just need our contract confirmation and maybe a SEPA entry? Even my bank I opened an account with just wanted to get my tax-id and my ID-number (wich changes with every re-issue).
minus-square@RamblingPandalinkEnglish3•8 months agoEven if there were no other way, why store it? How often do they need to re-identify you?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months ago“I’m the guy at the address you’ve been sending bills to”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoSomething of a joke that, since the SSN is an identifier, the identity tool quickly becomes an identity theft tool once it’s been pilfered. With humans increasingly pushed out of the customer service loop, these security scams get easier every day.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agothere is no damn reason for them to identify any of their customers other than the idiots with contract phones
To identity you
Edit: I’m not defending the system. I’m just stating the fact
You can identify by other means. Or at least give the opportunity to use other means. If you can’t keep my personal information safe, you shouldn’t be allowed to collect it.
Agreed
okay but then they wouldn’t have as much data to sell and re-sell and corellate, and couldn’t ask as high a price.
do you just hate business?
They make it too easy, it’s hard not to hate them.
— AT&T
The ad campaign basically just writes itself.
Then why can I buy a prepaid SIM with cash and no ID? I do this when travelling to the US because it’s cheaper than international roaming.
MI6 agents get special privileges. Some are even issued a license to text
Then why do our ISPs in Germany at best just need our contract confirmation and maybe a SEPA entry?
Even my bank I opened an account with just wanted to get my tax-id and my ID-number (wich changes with every re-issue).
Even if there were no other way, why store it? How often do they need to re-identify you?
“I’m the guy at the address you’ve been sending bills to”
Something of a joke that, since the SSN is an identifier, the identity tool quickly becomes an identity theft tool once it’s been pilfered.
With humans increasingly pushed out of the customer service loop, these security scams get easier every day.
there is no damn reason for them to identify any of their customers other than the idiots with contract phones