Get pissed fast 101: How to see everything red after a purchase from gogobundle.com

Yup, just looking is definitely different from keeping a copy. Also, if every store starts storing copies of everyone's ID, it becomes trivial to steal a copy of someone's ID, hence requiring a copy of someone's ID becomes pointless.... (only privacy died in the process)

Even my hosting providers never requested a copy of my ID (one did verify my phone and address though)

happy pudding day by the way - sit back, relax, and enjoy it - safe in the knowledge that a photo of your ID is not sitting on someones computer waiting to get hacked - well, other than the crappy government ones we all know are insecure LOL :P

I'm sure, but you say you kinda laugh - if it is not a joke to you then what are you laughing at ? - anyway I have seen the damage it causes and it is neither funny, laughable at, or a joke
We don't have a national ID card - so our licence and passport are used for important things like buying a house, or car - so we are told to protect those, so handing over a copy of it to some odd little gaming company with no data protection rules in place and no idea as to what they are going to do with it afterwards is just plain obtuse
Even our government guidance states guard you passport and licence with care and keep safe :)
so even though I agree there is probably a ton of data out there on all of us - it does not mean that I should be stupidly handing out the rest of my data to everyone that asks for it - just because you might think it is already out there (because if it isn't, then I might have just given them the one piece of "data that would immediately jump out at the data thief as something imminently useful..."3
oh and the "but it could also mean you've been particularly sloppy with your data" - actually made me laugh - cause I thought immediately "what like handing over a copy of my licence to a small gaming company with no idea if that data will be protected" ? LOL
but yeah - if giving it out is what floats you boat and you have no concerns over your data protection - have at it :P

anyone who's ever been online has a digital profile - multiple profiles, created by multiple companies. Google probably knows more about you than your mother

That's true, but those profiles hardly ever provide an opportunity for full ID-theft, they're usually centered on commercially exploitable information (email, surfing and shopping habits, pictures, ...). Now, with a copy of your national ID or passport, that's a different story entirely, as many actors (online or IRL) will treat that as a valid proof of ID and allow for many thing to be done in your name.

The better question is, is there something in that data that would immediately jump out at the data thief as something imminently useful? odds are, probably not.

Actually, yes, there is, that ID copy is very juicy, not only to attack the owner of the ID, but to use the ID to open services in the name of the ID owner to perform illegal activities. Sprinkle some social engineering magic on top and you have yourself a full-blown ID-theft that is going to be a real pain to fix.

There is a Gib now. Check it if you like.

in the uk - because we don't have a national identity card - our passports and drivers licence are all constantly fished - for the purposes of identity theft - so those are the things we are warned about not losing - even photocopies or photographs of - and if the are required then whoever requires them needs to have sufficient, published, data protections in place
not sure about France - but pretty certain they would deal with data protection in the same manner EU wide - but cannot be certain of this.
But that is a UK Viewpoint only I admit :)

A similarly enraged, but French guy started the whole thing. I think "illegal" was the keyword for it.
The rule/law is actually difficult to find. I tried to Google now, but it is next to impossible to find even the EU regulation, since mostly the US law comes up, which states that it is flat-out illegal in California and not illegal but still against the credit card company's regulations everywhere else. Even though Google knows I am European, I always get US hits on legal searches. :/

I know they can see my name, I know they can see my address and they can verify it but as I said that's the reason PayPal exists.

Wrong, PayPal actually is pro-consumer which means that they issue chargebacks almost for no reasons, on customer demand, and having account hacked is not even negotiable. This means that I can hack your PayPal, order stuff for thousands of euros, then you can realize that your security is so weak that random guy from the internet bought in your name that crapload of things, and instead of paying for your mistake you just issue chargeback telling PP that somebody hacked you and you get the money back. Problem in this? For you nothing, for all the companies that already sent hacker the goods and issued keys is actually enormous.

Examples? Be my guest.

So yes, I totally understand why they're asking for, as you noticed yourself, verification of the data they already have, not asking for sensitive information they don't have access to. And if you consider this as some sort of stupid then you can go try to open a bank account in your own country, take a loan, sign yourself into using some service (such as phone, internet or TV) or even try to buy more expensive thing such as a car right from the showroom. I'll be seriously shocked if they won't ask for any document proving your identity, maybe with a car if you decided to pay with money right away instead of choosing periodic payments once a month.

Yes, I totally don't get it why you're making shitstorm out of normal and standard procedure. If they rejected your censored ID featuring only your name and country, THEN I'd agree with you, say loudly that the company is shit that is asking customers for irrelevant and sensitive data for absolutely no reason, and you should avoid it. In your case? I'm actually glad they're trying to protect themselves from chargebacks that often cause costs much higher than 10x of what you actually paid. Yes it is extra hassle for customer that could be avoided, but company also tries to protect itself. If you're first-time buyer paying with way that you can chargeback later, it's totally normal thing to ensure that you're not a scammer that is trying to profit out of stolen account before owner notices and chargebacks everything.

cryptfs with 15-letters password entered on boot. It's not insecure.

9q must be

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Yeah, I have the same problem, my brain thinks of some words in my native language, then I say them translated literally xD

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