That's easy for you to say as someone that I'm assuming isn't trying to become a cam model. These people wouldn't have been able to get the job without sending the verifying information, and you don't know their circumstances. Saying "just don't do the thing," without nuance or context is just ignorant.
Would a redacted document with just the number be enough? The government can still figure it out if there's an investigation, but at least leaks are somewhat contained; you can't do much with a passport number alone unless you have another leaked DB that maps these numbers to other details, and even then it slightly increases the effort required for someone to identify you (they can't just Ctrl+F your name in the data dump).
i always redact the PII part. so for example i cannot sign up at all of the verification required proof of age. because birthdate will be redacted.
so far, if the tiny number of places i’ve needed to send a DL or something, no one has complained that it’s pretty much just my name and picture. i imagine the staff checking isn’t paid enough to care.
I stayed in one AirBnB where there was a book on a shelf in the living room. I opened it, and it was the name, passport number, date, and some other information I can't recall for every past guest.
It's a risk vs reward scenario. The data leaking from Airbnb is bad, but nowhere near as bad as the data leaking from a porn site. You might be willing to take the risk with the former but not the latter.
The main damage here isn't the data leaking (it's already out there thanks to countless other breaches anyway), it's the data leaking and the association with the porn site.
cylon13|6 years ago
celticmusic|6 years ago
People are going to do it, but it needs to be understood that there are major risks with doing it.
teej|6 years ago
Nextgrid|6 years ago
techslave|6 years ago
so far, if the tiny number of places i’ve needed to send a DL or something, no one has complained that it’s pretty much just my name and picture. i imagine the staff checking isn’t paid enough to care.
markstos|6 years ago
Guest0918231|6 years ago
Nextgrid|6 years ago
The main damage here isn't the data leaking (it's already out there thanks to countless other breaches anyway), it's the data leaking and the association with the porn site.