• 7101334@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Most of this seems very serious and concerning, but…

    Nexus also claimed to provide scans of marijuana dispensary cards

    What could anyone possibly do with that? It costs like $50 to get one in California, not sure about other states.

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      6 hours ago

      Nineteen Brazilian Nationals Charged in Nationwide Conspiracy to Open Fraudulent Driver Accounts at Leading Rideshare and Delivery Service Companies

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      14 hours ago

      The data gets sold in blocks usually. Could be for identity theft, or SIM swap attacks or any number of things. A lot of things online want an ID scan now, so this is a huge benefit to scammers.

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        11 hours ago

        I still have to see the online service or site asking for my ID. Maybe because I’m mostly off of the bullshit-net for the most part. But the moment any service I use asks for ID, it’s getting cancelled and blocked in my house at the network level. I’m expecting my digital life to be dramatically downsized moving forward.

        Car rentals, well, not many options there when traveling, since I absolutely refuse to use ride-share apps like Uber and such.

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        13 hours ago

        Less taxes in most places if you have a med card. Financially sensible if you buy a certain amount per year.

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          11 hours ago

          But then there’s a record of you being a cannabis user, which could lead to your second amendment rights being curtailed.

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            11 hours ago

            There is a record, but there’s no central database unless you get an MMIC card which is different than what probably 99.9% of people do (but also larger tax benenfits)

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      15 hours ago

      My first thought was “so this is how they got my fake from back in the day to scan”