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Blaze@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 months ago

"This fraud destroyed my life." Man ends up with criminal record after ID was stolen

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"This fraud destroyed my life." Man ends up with criminal record after ID was stolen

www.malwarebytes.com

Blaze@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 months ago
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A man didn't just have his ID stolen, identity theft ruined his life and robbed him of a promising future.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/24/german-blacklisted-and-unable-to-get-job-after-london-criminal-steals-id

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    get a passport and they’ll capture the same biometrics

    Wait really? I got my first US passport when I was under 18 and um…

    I don’t quite remember ever getting fingerprinted…

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      They probably had you hold your fingers up to a small scanner if you turned 18 in the past 20ish years, not ink and paper fingerprinted you.

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