This right here. Many years ago when a foodlion near me rolled out self check outs I happened to discover a way to crash the self check app and access windows running underneath.
I know. But we need a system better than what we have. Or a modification of the current system to make it a bit tougher for people to use someone else's credit. I have a few ideas but they would only work for those of us who can handle the idea of ssh keys, crypto, etc. The average idiot isn't going to be able to keep easy access to the data they need to prove they are who they say they are. And I'm definitely against going with DNA, fingerprints, facial rec, etc because of where that leads.
As it stands, way more kids than you may expect grow up to find their credit completely fucked because their parents are assholes. Anyone close enough to you can probably answer most of the questions about where you lived, what car you owned, etc. We need a drastically different system if we want to minimize identity theft but as I said above, the average person can't handle the ways to do it right.
In theory it could be based on cryptos open ledger but with encryption instead of being open to the public, accessible only when the person holding the private key unlocks it in conjunction with the public key. Data stored and accessed in a DB that can be hosted anywhere and isn't under the control of any one organization or agency.
Something like a ssh key or what they are now calling passkeys could work. The question is then who holds the verification database and how do individuals (especially those who can't turn on their pc) keep their part of the key safe and do we also have some other kind of verification questions like we do now to make sure that it's the right person when so many small details are shared or similar across people.
Trump has never actually been wealthy. Any money he has made has been offset by larger losses and debts. He bankrupted a casino for fucks sake.
Trump is not successful. He is where he is now because he is the useful idiot and is being funded by putin, saudi princes, etc.
Trump is the equivalent of the people you see driving a maserati or a lexus that spend all of their money looking rich while living in a run down trailer or apartment that needs raized.
If, say, Hillary had let someone younger than 30 run her campaign and we didn't have such a problem with people not understanding what we got because they voted third party, we wouldn't have had Trump and we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Remember that Hillary won the popular vote. The electoral college needs to go away. We also need to do our best to educate people on how to work with what we have and simultaneously work towards making things better while also not letting perfect be the enemy of good.
I would bet a years earnings that some of these people would starve if left on a deserted island with a lifetime supply of their most hated food.
I run my own ride service. I work the apps like uber but I also have a large (and growing) list of private clients that call me for airport runs or to see if I can get them to and from a dinner with friends/colleagues/etc.
And this is why we are fucked as a country, even if Biden holds on to the Whitehouse. Instead of working inside the system we have and trying to change it for the better, it's all or nothing. Biden sucks because he has been upholding a very very long policy of supporting Israel, regardless of how we feel about it. Only a handful seem to grasp what happens and did happen when you let perfect be the enemy of good. I'll give a hint, we got 4 years of an orange menace
Do you not know about the republicans and tax cuts? They do their damndest to lower taxes for their corporate overlords at the expense of programs that not only act as a safety net but also tend to have a positive ripple effect on the overall economy.
Nope. Dude didn't lie about not increasing taxes, he was one of the last guard of old-school repubs who actually did what was best for everyone, especially when he took the big seat.
This right here. Many years ago when a foodlion near me rolled out self check outs I happened to discover a way to crash the self check app and access windows running underneath.