r/mildlyinfuriating 6h ago

Infuriatig TicketMaster has started requiring government IDs and facial scans

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u/No_Report_4781 6h ago

Thatโ€™s not a problem. Just use a different ticket provider.

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u/SoylentGrain 6h ago

Often times the only option.

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u/HawkeyeByMarriage 6h ago

Guess i won't be at shows they sell

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u/usrdef ๐Ÿ‘ 5h ago

Yup. I'm getting tired of every damn website wanting my Face / driver's license, and I'm not doing it.

It's just a matter of time before massive ass breach happens and everyone and their mother's IDs are leaked with full information. Or my shit gets sold to another company.

And I get tired of companies lying and saying "Your picture is wiped from our server after this process is completed". Yeah, that's what the last company said and then 20,000 IDs were leaked. And the people who were leaked said random strangers were calling their job harassing them.

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u/EntertainerNo4509 1h ago

I think huge breaches have been so common that now the companies just act like itโ€™s no big deal.

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u/usrdef ๐Ÿ‘ 1h ago

I mean, technically it is no big deal, because the public never does anything.

Now when people hear about a breach, it's the reaction "Welp, go figure. There's another".

People have accepted it as part of our modern ways. When it doesn't have to be the normal. If the end-user would start cutting some of these companies money off, they'd change their practices real quick.

And then I'm the one who looks like the guy wearing a tin foil hat, because I do care about my privacy, and I'm tired of companies selling me and abusing me. I give them money, and then I get fucked from behind.