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How do you get around Face ID or ID verification on websites? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Asking for recommendations in how you might be getting around ID verification on websites and online marketplaces?

I want to be able to use my local online marketplace, but I keep getting asked to provide ID verification or my ads for second hand items dont recieve as many views as a result?

Edit: when referring to online marketplaces I was referring to second hand marketplaces like Carrot, Kijiji, Craigslist, Facebook.

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[–] 6 points 2 days ago* (2 children)

I can totally see sites wanting to identify sellers.
Scams would be way too easy and common without it.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    But scammers can just use stolen IDs. So they would be able to get away, while the person who's ID was used now gets cops showing up and lawsuits. I agree that it makes sense sites would want to have something. Just seems like much like other options, really low effort scammers might get stopped here and there, but everyone else has yet another way for their identification to be stolen. It is hard to figure out how to deal with very real problems for sure. Just seems like gov IDs should not be the only option with how bad sites are at data breeches. Though I am not sure what options would be good for the situations where needing to have tax documents tied to sales/income for regular people that don't have like an LLC.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago*

    That's always the case with any policy enforcement. By raising the difficulty, the problem becomes smaller. You have to accept it'll never be eliminated.

    Truly good scammers, even the victim won't know they've been scammed. I was once sold a counterfeit memory card for my digital camera. I only noticed because the data rate was half what it should've been. Lots of people might not ever notice.

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