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Facebook Asks for Government ID? Uh, Nope.
I received an email, today, that an ancient Facebook account of mine was reactivated. At first, I figured this was spam. But, to be on the safe side, I went to the official site (I never follow links in emails!) and tried to log in. The message that awaited me was that my account was locked and, if I wanted access, I would have to send FB official government photo ID.
Firstly....really? No. No, Facebook. I am not sending you a copy of my photo ID. Hells to the NO. I already don't give you real credentials. No way am I sending you something like that.
However, I will admit to being somewhat concerned that that old account has, apparently, been compromised. When I say it's been years since I used it, I mean it. I think it's been abandoned for about...7 years. I don't remember what all was on there. But, knowing me, I probably did a full "salt the earth" move when I left, deleting any information that I could. And, if I couldn't delete it, I probably replaced things with completely and obviously false information. So, in all likelihood, there is nothing there.
But, it irks me that I can't check! And, if my account was reactivated, does this mean that whoever hacked me does have access but everyone else is locked out? Or, did the hacker lock themselves out when they reactivated, as well. (I don't know if FB has two-point authentication for reactivation.)
I've logged into my fako gaming FB and found my old account. There's nothing there. Nothing in the timeline, no photo, no information about me. So...I think even if someone does have access, it's not a big deal.
But, damn it!! I want to get into it and check. But, I can't. Because government ID.
I'm sorry. No private, non-government institution/business is getting that information from me just so I can access my account. Billions of other sites out there have far less invasive methods of proving who you are. This is an utterly ridiculous requirement.
I've said before and I'll say it again. Fuck Facebook. Fuck 'em right in the eyehole.




Facebook's business model is to know everything about you. They already know all your personal information, the ID just confirms it. They've said that anyone who has pressed the "like" button anywhere on the internet more than a hundred times, they know you better than anyone else knows you. 300 times, and they know you better than you know yourself.
So you might as well send your ID. I know people who have. They get their accounts back.
I can't wait for my relatives to use something other than Facebook so I can stop. I feel bad that I have to post stuff there occasionally so that people looking me up will think I am normal and not hiding something.
The government isn't Big Brother. Facebook is Big Brother.
That's why I never give them personal info. I'm not connected to any family members on FB. (No one in my family uses it.) FB is welcome to know all the stupid games that I play. That's fine. And, it's no secret that I talk to people like you and Scopique and other internet friends. So, that's all good.
But, no. I refuse to send in my ID. That is complete and utter bullshit.
(laughs) Besides, I shot myself in the foot with my own personal policies. I don't give them real information. I never upload photos of myself. I'm sure they can figure out who I am by looking at my IP address, but that's probably more work than they want to do. They can't just look at my ID and compare it to what they have on file.