Originally Posted by pr0

We're both reasonably intelligent people. So let me explain the areas for corruption inherent with collecting personal identification.

Case #1 - The data is stored locally & the office building is broken into.

Case #2 - The fax/or data is not destroyed properly & is found in a dumpster.

Case #3 - Some 18yo the company just hired decides to take the scan home to make his friend a fake ID....you just happen to look like Johnny Miller.

Case #4 - The hosting company is owned by criminals, who use your personal information to setup several credit accounts, cell phone plans etc. And by the time you recieve a credit report 6 months later you're fucked, with a capital F.

And i'm a big fan of personal privacy. As far as i'm concerned a phone call from a land based line with functioning caller ID is good enough.

If a hosting company considers the bandwidth you "might" burn as "credit" then they need to be JUST AS secure as a credit company. And i can tell you from personal experience, they aren't.