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[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've got a bit of an ignorant question and I think all the downvotes here make this a good place for someone to set me straight.

One of my pet peeves in the last few years has been booking an Airbnb and the host pushing you to their system where you need to fill in all the same information Airbnb has and this includes uploading some form of ID. Around the same time period, airport checkins have also required uploads of your passport.

Are these two examples that different from the changes that a lot of people are saying will be terrible and risky, or am I just missing something? Agreed it's increasing the attack surface but I'm also a bit curious why there isn't public pushback on these systems if that is genuinely a large concern

Edit: Most of these are international so that probably explains the lack of pushback on these systems