ID Uploads: The Privacy Disaster Waiting to Happen
Governments are pushing age verification laws that force you to upload a passport, driver’s-licence selfie or credit-card scan just to access platforms like Reddit, X (Twitter), BlueSky or Xbox Live. I unpack why this “safety” measure is a privacy nightmare.
We review the 59 GB Tea app breach that dumped women’s IDs, selfies and 1.1 million private messages online, plus the 15 billion credentials logged on Have I Been Pwned?. You’ll see how third-party vendors such as Persona store UK citizens’ data on US servers, creating cross-border exposure the moment a hacker breaks in.
- Learn how centralised ID databases expand the attack surface
- Understand why “1984”-style surveillance won’t protect teens—or anyone
- ACTION STEP: Check your own email on HaveIBeenPwned.com
#ageverification #databreach #privacy
We review the 59 GB Tea app breach that dumped women’s IDs, selfies and 1.1 million private messages online, plus the 15 billion credentials logged on Have I Been Pwned?. You’ll see how third-party vendors such as Persona store UK citizens’ data on US servers, creating cross-border exposure the moment a hacker breaks in.
- Learn how centralised ID databases expand the attack surface
- Understand why “1984”-style surveillance won’t protect teens—or anyone
- ACTION STEP: Check your own email on HaveIBeenPwned.com
#ageverification #databreach #privacy
David Bombal
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