Facebook wants a Photo ID to confirm my name

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Originally Posted By: MalfunctionProne
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: MalfunctionProne
** (it was asked "does my information match." Well, my e-mail.. actually was a Facebook-specific e-mail. As that is the besy way to keeo spam out, etc. Facebook even got my phone number, for "Messenger," and robo-calls began.. now this. And a "Frenemy" is one that portends to be a friend.. but reports content and things, while acting friendly. As was the fellow I Inboxed. It seems a constant. It *might now* be what happened, but I cannot think of what else.)

Why no alternate method of verifying it? Why my ID? They really think they are getting that? Really? With real, actual D.L.#s? So the next hack, the next troll, the next female stalker from the BBW forum that follows me even onto the Credit forum.. can have that? Maybe next step is try to use it to send police to my house? Are they for real? .. and you have NO idea how much of what I say has actually happened. It is a rich field of experience. I now live my life with no fear.

Want my I.D.? Detain me. Otherwise you can see my rear...


These paragraphs say enough to me...

I've never given a phone number, address, ID, etc. never been asked to. Wonder why.

I didn't ask you to put your name, email handle and fb handle out on here for privacy reasons (hint, don't). But just the slightest bit of reading indicates that you failed at multiple other more benign authentication schemes, and this is a last-ditch effort.



JHZR2, I think we might be getting lost in some details that take away from a different point. So, please, let me ask you a different question: Would you TRUST Facebook with (naturally a copy of) your DL? Your official identifying document as a human on this earth, or one of them? I certainly wouldn't.

We can make suppositions about aliaii, etc, but I am not a particularly trusting soul. Facebook is not selling me an age-restrictes product, or detaining me. Sure, I desire to use their service. But if a condition of that becomes to show my I.D., for any reason (*would the end result not be that they have it? You think they throw it away? They sell it..) then it comes to a point where I may end my use of their service. I can't see how or why you would trust Facebook with your DL info. If you are saying you would show it. We have established that you have never been asked.

Is this making more sense about my view, while being less stand-offish sounding? I have faults, but im not a complete moron.


I never said you're a moron. I think you're dangerous driving that truck, and your ways are far from the best path to make something for yourself...

But you're missing the point. FB didn't ask me for ID. In fact, they've asked nobody that I know, except you. What does that say about YOUR situation and the realities of your identity and Internet profile?
 
Originally Posted By: Falken
If you continue to use Facebook if this is true, you need to really get a life.


Spend more time with wife and kids... less time on FB.
 
I would show ID to a business I trust. But I say no when using a credit card. And no way would I put a scan of my ID online especially to a company whose business is all about the collection of data. I don't trust FB.
 
I'm on FB. However, I spend very little time there. I have a total of 17 people on my friends list. And these are people that I do consider friends. It baffles me why someone has hundreds or thousands of "friends" on their FB and why they would care about their doings. But, to each his (or her) own.
 
Originally Posted By: Nate1979
I would show ID to a business I trust. But I say no when using a credit card.

Up here, unless you had a chip compliant card, refusing to show ID with a credit card can very easily preclude the transaction.
 
Originally Posted By: KD0AXS


So does everyone else on the Internet. Doesn't matter if you're on Facebook, some other social media site, browsing BITOG, reading the news, or watching porn. No matter what you're doing on the Internet, someone is collecting your data and using it for profit.


I actually agree with what you say. However, because that is so true everyone should do all they can to minimize that risk. You seem to think it is no big deal for some reason( not meant offensive just a comment ). I for one do not like it that my browsing is monitored, data mined, and sold. It is no one's business.

Identity theft is a serious issue if it happens to you( I am actually helping my Sister recover from fraudulent charges on her debit card right now and it is a nightmare ). Giving a copy of your DL to ANYONE( short of say a bank to get a loan )is just asking for trouble. For darn sure Facebook has no legit reason to ask for it( I do not consider the reasons given here to support them doing it to be legit )and I would NEVER give it to any social media site. Only a fool would give Facebook a copy of their DL.

I go out of my way to protect my identity. I have a generic yahoo e-mail address I use for all things internet related that can be cancelled and changed easily while keeping a private address for friends and family. I provide the bare minimum info asked for on the internet that I can get away with and I will refuse to provide things like my phone # when I feel it is not needed( example would be for Yahoo or Google accounts ). Unless someone sold me something they do NOT need a lot of the info asked for. I will just stop trying to proceed if they insist I give detailed personal info just to get some type of online account( not money related )and I feel the info asked for is not needed by them.

People have become WAY too accepting of these attacks on their privacy while online. People here on BITOG are a perfect example. They get all up in arms over a short traffic stop at a DUI checkpoint, that in no way harms them or greatly inconveniences them( unless they are drunk of course ), and act/talk like the Police are burning the flag in the background. You would think DUI check points and speed limits are major assaults on our constitutional rights that are leading to the downfall of our society. However, they will defend f%@#ing Facebook asking for a copy of someone's DL! Seriously? Wow.

I mourn the loss of common sense in our country.
 
Is this the same Facebook that lets users choose from something like 28 different genders.... But they have to use their real name? LOL
 
Originally Posted By: NHHEMI


Identity theft is a serious issue if it happens to you( I am actually helping my Sister recover from fraudulent charges on her debit card right now and it is a nightmare ). Giving a copy of your DL to ANYONE( short of say a bank to get a loan )is just asking for trouble. For darn sure Facebook has no legit reason to ask for it( I do not consider the reasons given here to support them doing it to be legit )and I would NEVER give it to any social media site. Only a fool would give Facebook a copy of their DL.

I go out of my way to protect my identity. I have a generic yahoo e-mail address I use for all things internet related that can be cancelled and changed easily while keeping a private address for friends and family. I provide the bare minimum info asked for on the internet that I can get away with and I will refuse to provide things like my phone # when I feel it is not needed( example would be for Yahoo or Google accounts ). Unless someone sold me something they do NOT need a lot of the info asked for. I will just stop trying to proceed if they insist I give detailed personal info just to get some type of online account( not money related )and I feel the info asked for is not needed by them.



Excellent post, thanks. You can bet that when Facebook first started, this "real name only" rule was not in effect. This seems to be a recent policy of theirs. Something has changed and Facebook is leading the way to eliminate anonyimity.

Yahoo seems to have no such rule.
 
Well, when you go do stuff online, including shopping, creating accounts, or even now e-signing legal documents there really isn't a button that says
"authenticate your identity using Yahoo",

BUT there is often a button that says
"authenticate your identity using FB" (or google+ or twitter or linked in)


So take that however you like it as the value and worth of a Yahoo identity vs a FB identity in the rest of the internet-as well as where FB's business is going versus where yahoo is going.
 
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Originally Posted By: NHHEMI
However, they will defend Facebook asking for a copy of someone's DL! Seriously? Wow.

I mourn the loss of common sense in our country.


I dont think anyone is defending it. I personally would not give it, and Id bet many/most including OP wouldnt either.

But we know enough about the OP and his past history to make a pretty straightforward estimate that there was some element of his being that caused this. Again, as an example, FB has not asked me or anyone I know for this info. Why would that be?

The links as to why they are asking for it were given. You can go on a typing rampage if you like, but FB clearly said this is their last ditch effort after all their other more benign approaches to validation have not worked.

Nobody wants spammers or questionable identities on FB. Their attempt to protect isnt the end of the world, and its fully in their right, just like it is for any other private business.

Originally Posted By: css9450


Yahoo seems to have no such rule.



Yahoo also seems to be the source of a lot of spam mail... And if friends have had email addresses hacked, theyve all been Yahoo.
 
Originally Posted By: NHHEMI
Originally Posted By: KD0AXS


So does everyone else on the Internet. Doesn't matter if you're on Facebook, some other social media site, browsing BITOG, reading the news, or watching porn. No matter what you're doing on the Internet, someone is collecting your data and using it for profit.


I actually agree with what you say. However, because that is so true everyone should do all they can to minimize that risk. You seem to think it is no big deal for some reason( not meant offensive just a comment ). I for one do not like it that my browsing is monitored, data mined, and sold. It is no one's business.

Identity theft is a serious issue if it happens to you( I am actually helping my Sister recover from fraudulent charges on her debit card right now and it is a nightmare ). Giving a copy of your DL to ANYONE( short of say a bank to get a loan )is just asking for trouble. For darn sure Facebook has no legit reason to ask for it( I do not consider the reasons given here to support them doing it to be legit )and I would NEVER give it to any social media site. Only a fool would give Facebook a copy of their DL.

I go out of my way to protect my identity. I have a generic yahoo e-mail address I use for all things internet related that can be cancelled and changed easily while keeping a private address for friends and family. I provide the bare minimum info asked for on the internet that I can get away with and I will refuse to provide things like my phone # when I feel it is not needed( example would be for Yahoo or Google accounts ). Unless someone sold me something they do NOT need a lot of the info asked for. I will just stop trying to proceed if they insist I give detailed personal info just to get some type of online account( not money related )and I feel the info asked for is not needed by them.

People have become WAY too accepting of these attacks on their privacy while online. People here on BITOG are a perfect example. They get all up in arms over a short traffic stop at a DUI checkpoint, that in no way harms them or greatly inconveniences them( unless they are drunk of course ), and act/talk like the Police are burning the flag in the background. You would think DUI check points and speed limits are major assaults on our constitutional rights that are leading to the downfall of our society. However, they will defend f%@#ing Facebook asking for a copy of someone's DL! Seriously? Wow.

I mourn the loss of common sense in our country.


Great post! The thing is FB has zero tangible assets other than maybe some real estate, they make their money from advertising and selling user data.
We all know FB is not worth more than UPS, Home Depot or GE but the personal data from their users is and they are selling it to the highest bidder.

Big difference posting on BITOG than on FB, i am quite sure the owner of BITOG isn't selling user data.
FB has had problems before with this sort of stuff. The list of scandals seems endless.


http://www.privatewifi.com/sensitive-inf...more-about-you/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/01/...r_head_scandal/

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Consumer/facebook-privacy-scandal-facebooks-watergate/story?id=11912201
 
Originally Posted By: css9450
Is this the same Facebook that lets users choose from something like 28 different genders.... But they have to use their real name? LOL



I think that's one of the dating sites? A friend of mine just sent me a screencap on Friday from one of them and it was pretty funny. Annnnnd that's why I avoid that stuff. I'm a pretty simple guy and I am only aware of two.

However, just checked FB and it has the option of Male/Female or "custom". Interesting!
 
Originally Posted By: Miller88
However, just checked FB and it has the option of Male/Female or "custom". Interesting!


"Custom"
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Cant leave those who have no idea what they are out.
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Originally Posted By: JHZR2

Yahoo also seems to be the source of a lot of spam mail... And if friends have had email addresses hacked, theyve all been Yahoo.


That's probably why some sites won't even let you register with a free email such as yahoo or aol or juno (my home email is at juno.com and have had difficulty registering a few times).
 
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