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I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale
arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/my-drivers-license-is-one-of-153-million-for-sale-on-a-new-dark-website/
Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
I don’t like it when a store scans my driver’s license to buy alcohol. I stick to small convenience stores without that tech.
Why would they do that? What’s the use of scanning out?
It’s hooked up to a database to make sure it’s not a fake ID.
Replying to @walden@wetshav.ing
At best they are keeping an audit trail to be sure the clerk didn’t sell alcohol to an underage person. But even if they aren’t already I figure it will get retained and used in some manner. Marketing, insurance, who knows? Lots of data brokers would buy information on who buys alcohol.