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I believe I have managed to prove my ID in order to comply with the new laws that say I have to prove my ID to own the business I own that I'm sure already asked me to prove my ID when I registered it.

First we tried the on-web version, but that apparently relies upon the corporates having managed to profile and track me, because it told me they had no questions upon which to base identification. Good I guess? My avoid-tracking systems must be working at least a bit?

Next we tried the android app, but apparently the phone I tried that with is too old and the app won't install.

So next option is turning up at a post office with a printed letter. I don't own a printer though, so had to have them post that to me.

Took the letter and a driving licence up to the post office today and "It's not going through" they said, pointing to a stalled progress bar on an android app on a tablet.

Um. Okay. So?

Just wait longer apparently. About ten minutes and it finally proceeded and the post office man took a photograph of me after asking me to disrobe of my robe, strip down to a teeshirt and jeans.

Not sure in what sense this has proven my ID any more than it was already proven to get the driving licence or company registration in the first place?

Apparently I now have government logins for "One Login" and for "government gateway" and they are not the same thing? But sort of are the same thing?

Can't say I really understand it. Expect they'll introduce a third government login when they do these Digital ID cards they're talking about.

God knows how I'm supposed to know which to use when the company tax records need updating in a few months.

#EAS #WEA for Bonneville, #ID; #Caribou, #ID: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 4:15 PM MDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Pocatello ID ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

#EAS #WEA for Bannock, #ID; #Caribou, #ID; #Franklin, #ID; #Oneida, #ID; #Power, #ID: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 3:45 PM MDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Pocatello ID ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES

#EAS #WEA for Bannock, #ID; #Oneida, #ID; #Power, #ID: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 3:15 PM MDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Pocatello ID ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

#eid #ausweisapp #ausweis #id To get a document concerning one's registration at the local authorities in DE one used to be able to have it sent to your registered address by a few clicks on a simple site. Now one needs a user account & for that an electronic ID set up for which you need a PIN. If you have no PIN there is no online procedure for getting one nor any information on-line as to how to get one. Digital on-line procedures are just a tool to fail to serve the public. #failingState

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@hisold My bank stopped issuing #girocard cards with #magstrip 10+ years ago as magstrip was phased out and #NFC was phased in as well as #PSD1 being introduced.

  • Even before that merchants rarely accepted magstrips and those who did asked for #ID as soon as purchases [i.e. fuel at a gas station) exceeded like €100 because unlike #Chip + #PIN the payment processor does not guarantee them that the payment will be accepted and the amount guaranteed.

That's the main push factor: Alongside lower processing fees and faster processing, the Chip+PIN & #NFC systems actually request a blockage of the amount and will automatically decline without incuring fees if the balance / limit is below that amount - sometimes even before the PIN has been entered (it'll just not show it until the PIN is entered so fraudsters can't just abuse this as a means to check balance.

  • There's a nice podcast with #JohnBoseak where he explains how stuff used to [and allegeldy still does] work in the #USA re: #CreditCards. Given that I worked for a #PaymentProcessor in the past this is some basic knowledge re: #security, because one needs to understand how stuff like CNP ("Card not Present") works and how the system is architected to the point that even if someone were to hack the database of said payment processor, they'd never find any CCs or the CVVs stored there at all.

It's also insightful because #fraud would be way more rampant if the card issuer, payment processor and card system operator [i.e. AMEX, VISA, MasterCard] didn't all run their own AFE [Anti-Fraud Engine] each automatically assessing risks within less than a second for every transaction.

  • That's why one can get their #CC blocked when using a #VPN and why fraudsters need the location of their victims because if I had a CC and used it regularly and someone were to try to swipe a skilled copy of that at a Walmart or Best Buy on the East Coast of the USA less than 24 hours of my last use in Germany, that would automatically get declined as fraud and the person at the cashier will call security because noone is travelling that quickly that far.

But that's just some cold OSINT based off #TechSupport and peeking behind the curtains professionally...

  • There's way more but I can't go into details on that.

Rest assured if you have a CC you can be as certain that someone tried to abuse it as I'm certain my bank blocked fraudulent money orders against my account because of AFEs working - it's just > 99% of all fraud attempts get blocked instantly and merchants rate-limited or kicked off the system when they do something suspicious.

  • Same reason why one can't frame someone for a crime by just wiring obviously illicit funds to their account: AML (Anti-Money Laundering) will catch that and unless the account holder were to ask "Where's the money/transaction?" #FinCEN et. al. won't even bother calling the account holder up simply because "oops I wired money to the wrong account. Can you please send it back?"- #scam is a well-known method to turn unsuspecting people into money launderers.

So yeah, that "#magstrip" may be just lacquer but unless it's specifically advertised otherwise only holds the CC & CVV as well as service codes [i.e. chip+pin only] to tell the terminal "Don't accept magstrip, mandate Chip+PIN"]...

  • Outside the #USA, this is the norm due to #PSD2 exceeding #PCIDSS by quite a lot!

Only underdeveloped countries like the #US still use #Magstrips and #credit and not Chip+PIN & #debit!