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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours ago

If you had any doubts that Know-Your-Customer laws were evil, here is one very good reason: personal data of 1 BILLION people just leaked.

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If you had any doubts that Know-Your-Customer laws were evil, here is one very good reason: personal data of 1 BILLION people just leaked.

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours ago

IDMerit data breach: 1 billion records of personal data exposed in KYC data leak

A massive global data leak linked to IDMerit has exposed 1 billion personal records, including national IDs and emails, across the US, Europe, and Asia.

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KYC does nothing against rich people. Panama Papers came out and nothing happened. Law enforcement does not target rich people.
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  Yep. KYC is to stop the movement of funds that could be used to undermine the system. A.k.a terrorism.

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