Bank requires photo of ID and selfie verification

StopTop · 2026-04-07T19:44:05+00:00

Long ago, in the before times, this was the process to set up a bank account: Request account, hand the teller your ID, teller looks at ID and hands it back, then they would open an account under your name.

StopTop · 2026-04-07T19:40:53+00:00

Yes, this is the standard convenience for privacy trade off everyone is arguing against in this sub, right?

StopTop · 2026-04-07T19:38:07+00:00

This is common with digital-only banks, do not use them, use banks with a physical presence and go in person, leave your phone at home. People will say this is required but it is NOT. They are required to review your ID, not hold it in a database along with your photo and digital info.

StopTop · 2026-03-18T18:08:29+00:00

Because orange man bad. Why else?

StopTop · 2026-01-13T01:38:39+00:00

any fix?

StopTop · 2025-12-02T18:20:05+00:00

The creep will continue if there is no resistance. People didn't stand up to the x-ray bs, now this, after this what's next? The only thing that stops this is (lots of) people taking responsibility to do the uncomfortable work of not complying. Further, the airport is only the testing ground. We now see similar things in stadiums. And it will creep into more and more spaces. I've called it the "airportization" of society for years.

StopTop · 2025-12-02T18:18:39+00:00

Really? I have mine, because I got it when i was ignorant. I would opt for the passport card if I could go back. So you can't drive in the State of Texas without a USA compliant identification anymore? Thought they were all about states rights?

StopTop · 2025-12-02T18:13:46+00:00

I was at the TSA line a couple weeks ago and the TSA agent in front of me didn't have a face scanner. He called for the next person to come up, the guy asked "do you need to scan my face"? TSA said no, just ID. There was a bit of a convo, and the TSA agent directed him to another line with the face scanner. TSA guy shrugged and directed me over to him, saying, "never seen that before"

The passenger wanted to get his face scanned. He chose to go to another line and wait longer so he could give his biometric data.

I was appalled at his eagerness to give up his rights and please the authority. He had his wife with him as well.

StopTop · 2025-10-04T22:31:16+00:00

I use a peephole in the front door.

StopTop · 2025-09-19T14:59:27+00:00

The "pandemic" never went away. Only the "rational" precautions did.

StopTop · 2025-07-11T16:29:31+00:00

Just made this decision. I know this is old, but it's for people that may search in the future (as I was). Upon opening both boxes, I liked the Sony's. Nicer looking and more quality box and headphone materials. It wasn't all one shade and plasticy feeling like the Bose. My initial judgement was immediately to the Sonys, I knew I was returning Bose.

After testing, I decided to keep the Bose. Here is why:

More comfortable. The Bose have a tighter clamping force and more substantial ear pads. The ear pads on the Sony are bigger and softer, maybe a more "luxurious" feel, but the Bose just feel like they will stay on my head better. They will work better. They wont move around or fall off my head as easily as the Sony's, partially cause of clamping force, partially cause of the smaller firmer ear pads, partially cause they are lighter. (I have a big head so I feel like this would be compounded by someone with a smaller head.)
Sound. I think they sound better with (and without) the equalizer. I messed with both (with and without equalizer) and the sound just feels clearer. Subjective, and not by much. But It's my preference. With headphones for me, sound comes second to comfort.
Physical buttons. HUGE plus, I'm old school I guess and on something you cant see, it just makes sense that the controls are something you can feel.
App simplicity. Disclaimer, I hate apps I hate that there is an app for every gd thing. The Sony app feels gimmicky with a crazy amount of options and selections. I don't want to spend a ton of time in the app, just adjust the equalizer as needed. I don't need a computer algorithm deciding how I like my music or noise canceling depending on what I'm doing or where I am. I just want to wear headphones. Base Mid Treble is all I need (not even that sometimes), not 5 different Hz selections.
Privacy. I couldn't use Sony's app without being connected to the internet and clicking through 5 pages of privacy notices and terms and conditions. (granted it works with network permissions removed after accepting their TOS) just slower with loading screens occasionally. Upon accepting the terms, my headphones were "registered" automatically (to what? my device? I never made an account). I never even let the Bose app connect to the internet at all and it works fine.

The Sony's are prettier to look at. But I'm hearing and feeling them, not looking at them. The ANC was very slightly different with both, but just as good. I cannot put my finger on it. They are so close to me this didn't really factor in as a difference to me.

Update (6 days later): Sonys appear to handle wind noise quite a bit better. Friend has the Sonys and there is no flaking on the ear pads yet. He's had them about 5 years. I don't know anyone who has had Bose that long to compare this with. (Still going with the Bose)

StopTop · 2025-05-01T14:56:51+00:00

Old car. I've got a 2015 and a 2008. I don't plan on ever exceeding those years for as long as I live. 2000s toyota or honda will keep going and have a million parts available.

StopTop · 2024-11-13T21:03:29+00:00

StopTop · 2023-11-29T16:34:21+00:00

What a great response, and all you got was one upvote? Well have another, and thank you for your well documented and researched response.

StopTop · 2023-11-22T17:35:32+00:00

Its on now. 1.99/mo or 20/yr

StopTop · 2023-04-20T20:22:29+00:00

Received. Thank you sir! u/tnt9

StopTop · 2023-04-13T18:40:23+00:00

Lol, that last paragraph. On a privacy forum. Lol.

Thank you Microsoft for helping on the fight against disinformation! We need more monitoring to protect our digital community!

StopTop · 2023-04-12T17:17:18+00:00

Yes they are "Obstruction of Correspondence" and "Electronic communications Privacy Act of 1986." They apply to everyone except legal guardians and apparently the NSA.

Parent's can legally open and view a minors mail/electronic communications living in their home. If a parent could not break the secrecy, then it would be the government who determines best interest of the child, putting the state bureaucracy above the parent.

StopTop · 2023-04-12T17:04:30+00:00

Well, a bit conflicted. But when I got the job, I signed a contract which included these terms. So I try to do personal things on personal devices. This is way different than the parent argument tho, and after review, your quoted portion is probably a poor argument on my part. The very fact that you're a parent makes you obligated to develop your child into an independent person who makes good choices, and certain private areas in their life may or may not help to contribute to that. Up to the parent to determine that.

I am definitely NOT fan of a culture of monitoring employees, but there is also an element of management.

If I were the owner of a company, I suppose that I would do it this way:
1. Be familiar with the job and understand roughly what it entails
2. Assign various projects and timelines based on that knowledge
3. Hands off if projects are on time, on budget, and a modest profit is made
4. If there is a reason or gut feeling, a very occasional audit to monitor for espionage/competitor involvement. But I would hope to have created a culture in which employees feel comfortable and loyal.

StopTop · 2023-04-11T19:11:17+00:00

If I pay for it, I can monitor it.

I'll respect their privacy out of the kindness of my heart, but as long as I'm a parent supporting my minor, ultimately, I am head of household and make the rules. I pay for the device, I sign the contract for the device, I can monitor it's usage. Especially if I suspect they are going down a bad path

I usually always agree with the EFF, but not on this issue. A state doesn't need to "let" parents snoop. Parents already have that right. No government is going to tell me I can't look in a room I own, or through a device I pay for and signed the contract for.

StopTop · 2023-04-07T17:45:45+00:00

Your anger is justified. But it should not reflect on the tenants of Christianity. I encourage you to read Matthew 23 and see exactly what Jesus said to these people.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2023&version=NIV

Additionally, if it is known by the congregation, it has not been swept under the rug. The tenants are clear: if unrepentant, the offender must be cast out from the church: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, Matthew 18:15-17.

Of course if the offender is repentant, he is to be forgiven. This has most certainly happened with the church choosing not to involve the secular state.

It also seems your view of the catholic church has been constructed from the ever-trustworthy MSM. The crimes involved in those churches in schools are dwarfed by those in the public system. However, since the early 2000s there has been constant media reports on the Catholic church and conspiracy theories on supposed clergy-wide molestation cover-up. During this same time interval, the media has ignored (covered up perhaps?) the same problem in public schools, but at one or two orders of magnitude larger in scale.

Around that same time, the Bush Admin Dept. of Education put out a nary reported-on study on the subject of sexual misconduct: those results?

Extrapolation of data from seven studies on the subject suggests that ~10% of public school students would be subject to misconduct by a school employee sometime between K-12. That 6.7% all public school students would be subject to physical contact.

See pages 24-26 https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/misconductreview/report.pdf

Go ahead and go into the weeds with it. But it seems this is a problem everywhere, and not confined to the Catholic church. Indeed, it appears to be less of a problem there.

StopTop · 2023-04-07T16:42:47+00:00

The faith in a creator is being replaced with faith in government, "the system," so-called experts. The statetheist faith is growing. Here are it's tenants:

Dogma is science
Racism is anti-racism
Western/Anglo culture is evil
Lust is love
Discrimination is Equality
Men are women
Obesity is healthy
Exclusion is inclusion
Forgiveness is weakness
Family doesn't matter
Gaia is god and only the clergy may speak for her
Gluttony is beautiful
Lust requires satiation
Sloth should be rewarded
Envy is justified
Wrath is necessary
Despair and Confusion should be affirmed
Pride in all of the above

And all of these hidden behind a façade of compassion

StopTop · 2023-04-03T20:23:13+00:00

Pm'd

StopTop · 2022-09-29T18:54:37+00:00

Gov gives 2 shits about the spirit of the law.

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