▲ 372 ▼ Twitter/X new ID Verification - First Look (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 71 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3291604 Thanks to Popcrave https://twitter.com/popcrave/status/1691852136236327316?s=46&t=lcH0dp9biwkMEBKsRQeVeQ Who here is going to put their ID and photo on X/Twitter
[–] 3TH4Li4@feddit.ch 44 points 3 years ago (2 children) If they make this mandatory in any way later you can probably expect half of Japan to stop using Twitter due to their privacy laws permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 years ago (2 children) I believe this is only for users that want the blue tick in which case it sort of makes sense that to be "verified" means they infact have verified that you are who you claim to be. Requiring a picture of you ID seems very 2005 though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Steam does the exact same thing if you want to publish a game as a sole proprietor. Picture of both sides of ID then selfie with ID. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kungen@feddit.nu 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Though it's a big difference to comply with business KYC requirements than to simply have a cool icon by your username. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago Yeah huge difference. I'm not sharing my actual PII with a social media website, let alone a centralised one run by a fascist 🤢 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Comment105@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Requiring a picture of you ID seems very 2005 though What's the more 2023/contemporary alternative for verification? Fully sequenced genome with attached dickpick and certified bathwater sample? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mkengine@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago Here in Germany I think our ID cards use NFC, I can identify for Government related stuff by pressing my ID card on my phone. Last time I did this for some free energy cost related money from the government due to the war. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) EDIT: Here's an explanation I saw earlier of how it's done in Finland: How we do it here in Finland is that there are digital identity providers which use bank/mobile carrier to identify you. They then use MFA when identifying you. Any service can use these services to do strong authentication for you. And they don’t cost anything for the customer, and is really cheap for the company who wants to identify you. It is also build into the law that you must identify people using these, to avoid identity theft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JoshuaACasey@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 years ago seems like some creepy "Big Brother" shit permalink fedilink source parent [–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago We have the same in Norway. I seem to recall some international payment options being able to utilize it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world [S] 9 points 3 years ago Same with EU and UK cos GDPR. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 years ago (2 children) I believe this is only for users that want the blue tick in which case it sort of makes sense that to be "verified" means they infact have verified that you are who you claim to be. Requiring a picture of you ID seems very 2005 though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Steam does the exact same thing if you want to publish a game as a sole proprietor. Picture of both sides of ID then selfie with ID. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kungen@feddit.nu 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Though it's a big difference to comply with business KYC requirements than to simply have a cool icon by your username. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago Yeah huge difference. I'm not sharing my actual PII with a social media website, let alone a centralised one run by a fascist 🤢 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Comment105@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Requiring a picture of you ID seems very 2005 though What's the more 2023/contemporary alternative for verification? Fully sequenced genome with attached dickpick and certified bathwater sample? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mkengine@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago Here in Germany I think our ID cards use NFC, I can identify for Government related stuff by pressing my ID card on my phone. Last time I did this for some free energy cost related money from the government due to the war. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) EDIT: Here's an explanation I saw earlier of how it's done in Finland: How we do it here in Finland is that there are digital identity providers which use bank/mobile carrier to identify you. They then use MFA when identifying you. Any service can use these services to do strong authentication for you. And they don’t cost anything for the customer, and is really cheap for the company who wants to identify you. It is also build into the law that you must identify people using these, to avoid identity theft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JoshuaACasey@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 years ago seems like some creepy "Big Brother" shit permalink fedilink source parent [–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago We have the same in Norway. I seem to recall some international payment options being able to utilize it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Steam does the exact same thing if you want to publish a game as a sole proprietor. Picture of both sides of ID then selfie with ID. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kungen@feddit.nu 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Though it's a big difference to comply with business KYC requirements than to simply have a cool icon by your username. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago Yeah huge difference. I'm not sharing my actual PII with a social media website, let alone a centralised one run by a fascist 🤢 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kungen@feddit.nu 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Though it's a big difference to comply with business KYC requirements than to simply have a cool icon by your username. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago Yeah huge difference. I'm not sharing my actual PII with a social media website, let alone a centralised one run by a fascist 🤢 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago Yeah huge difference. I'm not sharing my actual PII with a social media website, let alone a centralised one run by a fascist 🤢 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Requiring a picture of you ID seems very 2005 though What's the more 2023/contemporary alternative for verification? Fully sequenced genome with attached dickpick and certified bathwater sample? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mkengine@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago Here in Germany I think our ID cards use NFC, I can identify for Government related stuff by pressing my ID card on my phone. Last time I did this for some free energy cost related money from the government due to the war. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) EDIT: Here's an explanation I saw earlier of how it's done in Finland: How we do it here in Finland is that there are digital identity providers which use bank/mobile carrier to identify you. They then use MFA when identifying you. Any service can use these services to do strong authentication for you. And they don’t cost anything for the customer, and is really cheap for the company who wants to identify you. It is also build into the law that you must identify people using these, to avoid identity theft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JoshuaACasey@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 years ago seems like some creepy "Big Brother" shit permalink fedilink source parent [–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago We have the same in Norway. I seem to recall some international payment options being able to utilize it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mkengine@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago Here in Germany I think our ID cards use NFC, I can identify for Government related stuff by pressing my ID card on my phone. Last time I did this for some free energy cost related money from the government due to the war. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) EDIT: Here's an explanation I saw earlier of how it's done in Finland: How we do it here in Finland is that there are digital identity providers which use bank/mobile carrier to identify you. They then use MFA when identifying you. Any service can use these services to do strong authentication for you. And they don’t cost anything for the customer, and is really cheap for the company who wants to identify you. It is also build into the law that you must identify people using these, to avoid identity theft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JoshuaACasey@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 years ago seems like some creepy "Big Brother" shit permalink fedilink source parent [–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago We have the same in Norway. I seem to recall some international payment options being able to utilize it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JoshuaACasey@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 years ago seems like some creepy "Big Brother" shit permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago We have the same in Norway. I seem to recall some international payment options being able to utilize it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world [S] 9 points 3 years ago Same with EU and UK cos GDPR. permalink fedilink source parent
