So Amazon are now using Persona for ID checks too on buyers - my 18-year-old daughter has just lost a gift voucher because having let her add it to her account, they promptly cancelled an order she placed using the gift balance and are demanding she upload digital ID. Attempts to fix this over the phone have failed and long story short, the money she was given appears to be lost unless she's prepared to hand Persona her details.

A reminder why this is a bad idea: https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over.

I wanted a blue badge on LinkedIn. To get it, I gave a US company my passport, my face, and my biometric data. Then I read the fine print.

THE LOCAL STACK

@nickpeers
@Em0nM4stodon

Welp...

Prior to now I just couldn't let go of the Amazon convenience...

But

Let Amazon demand one single time that I upload any form of ID in any format...

That'll be the final red line I will not cross.

I'll happily divest myself of all things Amazon.

FFS.

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