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When did Facebook decide it was ok to demand a scan of your driver's license?

I haven't been on Facebook in something over a decade and received an email today saying that there was a request to reset my Facebook password. I decided to long into the account to delete it but the only option Facebook gave me to confirm my identity was to upload a scan of a photo ID. What insanity is that? I'm obviously not...

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I haven't been on Facebook in something over a decade and received an email today saying that there was a request to reset my Facebook password. I decided to long into the account to delete it but the only option Facebook gave me to confirm my identity was to upload a scan of a photo ID. What insanity is that? I'm obviously not...

Jul 21, 2023 at 11:56pmWeb
Show threadStyxiaJul 22, 2023
At least seven years. That’s when the first demanded I provide ID. I was traveling a ton for work and using VPN so likely got flagged. My account has been in some wired shitty limbo ever since.
Show threadQkallJul 22, 2023

Uh, so… I may run a Facebook account for my dog… I made a shitty id for her…like with her picture thinking ‘well, this is it… May as well have fun.’

It was approved. Either the approver was like ‘fuck okay, bless you’ or it’s a shitty ai bot.

Show thread9488fcea02a9Jul 22, 2023

Q: When did Facebook decide it was ok to demand a scan of your driver’s license? A: when people became stupid enough to scan their driver’s license and send it to a website

“dumb fucks…” – mark zuckerberg

Show threadFoxBJKJul 22, 2023
How are they supposed to know that you want to delete your account? Like I get what you’re saying and I agree to a point, but without the password what’s the way they prevent any random person from emailing and having accounts deleted?
Show threadPuzzledBlueberryJul 22, 2023
They didn’t email, they tried to login directly to Facebook, and when logging in Facebook asked for their driver’s license…
Show threadCan_you_change_your_usernameJul 22, 2023
I'm willing to answer security questions or give them a code they send me through a text or email. I understand the need for identity verification but there are less invasive ways to do that.
Show threadReakDuckJul 22, 2023
Its a must by GDPR, its not facebooks fault. But at least you can delete your account because of GDPR.
Show threadOisteinkJul 22, 2023
It’s not a must by GDPR, but it allows companies to ask for ID when needed.
A Dutch company was fined for this: www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=dd59d515-1…
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