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August 03, 2016, 04:57:54 AM
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Hey guys, with the recent bitfinex hack and the price plummet, id like to buy. But im also concerned about my Cyber-security. If the site I use gets hacked, anyone can take and leak my financial documents or my driver's licence. How would I keep safe?

P.S. Im probably to late to reap the bonuses, but hacks always happen and I want to be ready. Smiley


 
 
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August 03, 2016, 05:09:09 AM
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You could try watermarking your ID. But make sure you use an application that will make it irremovable. You could even go to their customer support and ask them to generate their own passphrase that you will watermark with.


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August 03, 2016, 07:05:44 AM
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Hey guys, with the recent bitfinex hack and the price plummet, id like to buy. But im also concerned about my Cyber-security. If the site I use gets hacked, anyone can take and leak my financial documents or my driver's licence. How would I keep safe?

P.S. Im probably to late to reap the bonuses, but hacks always happen and I want to be ready. Smiley


your concern is valid and I think the only solution you have is contacting the site that is asking for your ID and ask them how are they storing these information and how safe it is. and trusting that they are telling the truth.

I don't think they store it live and accessible for hackers, and hackers so far have hacked the "wallets" of these exchanges not anything else (at least not that we know of)

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August 03, 2016, 07:14:52 AM
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Hey guys, with the recent bitfinex hack and the price plummet, id like to buy. But im also concerned about my Cyber-security. If the site I use gets hacked, anyone can take and leak my financial documents or my driver's licence. How would I keep safe?

P.S. Im probably to late to reap the bonuses, but hacks always happen and I want to be ready. Smiley


your concern is valid and I think the only solution you have is contacting the site that is asking for your ID and ask them how are they storing these information and how safe it is. and trusting that they are telling the truth.

I don't think they store it live and accessible for hackers, and hackers so far have hacked the "wallets" of these exchanges not anything else (at least not that we know of)

here's a simple tip. make sure that site your going to submit your ID is a trusted site and legit. you can see that in their
credentials. And of course it its about loaning. dont ever attempt to give that. because they use your identity in other transaction
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August 03, 2016, 04:04:56 PM
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Hey guys, with the recent bitfinex hack and the price plummet, id like to buy. But im also concerned about my Cyber-security. If the site I use gets hacked, anyone can take and leak my financial documents or my driver's licence. How would I keep safe?

P.S. Im probably to late to reap the bonuses, but hacks always happen and I want to be ready. Smiley

But, I don't think so. in my minds the average hacker amount will never think about the personal data of users, they target just a nominal in the wallet. but different with carder is targeting about the personal data of member or users can give benefits for them.
but I you can never put the important document in the 3rd parties or internet because the chance of the leak is high.

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August 03, 2016, 04:41:56 PM
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You could try watermarking your ID. But make sure you use an application that will make it irremovable. You could even go to their customer support and ask them to generate their own passphrase that you will watermark with.

if you want to do this one, just make sure to first check with the site that you want to send your ID to . because most of them are sensitive about these stuff and don't like any edited or distorted scans. and adding a watermark to your scan may be considered an edit and reject it.

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August 03, 2016, 04:46:33 PM
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There's none, theyre the only one knows what they do with our information, im using coins.ph as an exchange wallet for BTC - > Cash , and i am already ID,Address Verified and even Selfie verified.


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August 04, 2016, 07:35:53 AM
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When I send ID, I usually censor alot of stuff such as ID Number, Personal number.
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August 04, 2016, 08:33:54 AM
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When I send ID, I usually censor alot of stuff such as ID Number, Personal number.

That ruins the whole point of identification. You are to provide proof that you're you, using information that's private and only you have access to. If you censor it, what's the point?

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Having ID Verified online is a risk, as always because there are always bad guys who will do anything to steal. But as others have mentioned, you can choose the sites where you can upload your ID, you're the one who is responsible for that, so choose well but remember that even the most trusted site can be hacked, so it won't be 100% safe. Putting watermark on the ID is quite a good idea, but I don't think all of the site who requires ID Verification will accept it? Haven't tried that. Hackers mostly focus on the wallet balances rather than Personal information, yes, but IT'S POSSIBLE, no one can prevent it, we can just reduce the risk by being extra careful.
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August 04, 2016, 09:10:48 AM
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This is the biggest problem that confronts the Bitcoin users , it is the security issues . I don't prefer sharing any kind of documents with any site , even it is legit or licensed , because it might get hacked and the hackers might hold your documents , then they will sell it on the dark internet .

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August 04, 2016, 09:30:46 AM
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When I send ID, I usually censor alot of stuff such as ID Number, Personal number.

That ruins the whole point of identification. You are to provide proof that you're you, using information that's private and only you have access to. If you censor it, what's the point?

All they need is my face, name and location. I've sent only this info and it went through at Paypal and Skrill. Why would I share it to some minority on localbitcoins?
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August 04, 2016, 02:25:13 PM
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Hey guys, with the recent bitfinex hack and the price plummet, id like to buy. But im also concerned about my Cyber-security. If the site I use gets hacked, anyone can take and leak my financial documents or my driver's licence. How would I keep safe?

P.S. Im probably to late to reap the bonuses, but hacks always happen and I want to be ready. Smiley

This call for concern as I also share in your fears but in my own opinion, I think there is little we can do as the onus lies on the Wallet provider to provides strong security for funds kept in their custody because they are providing these services at a cost to you and me, so they should be the one to ensure its safety...
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Hey guys, with the recent bitfinex hack and the price plummet, id like to buy. But im also concerned about my Cyber-security. If the site I use gets hacked, anyone can take and leak my financial documents or my driver's licence. How would I keep safe?

P.S. Im probably to late to reap the bonuses, but hacks always happen and I want to be ready. Smiley


I'm happy for this question cos it an issue which will help us all and speaking of keeping safe ID due to what's happening this days I think is better to stay away from site which require some deep ID info from customers and use a paper wallet cos all online site are not ever safe. Thank

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August 04, 2016, 05:46:13 PM
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Hey guys, with the recent bitfinex hack and the price plummet, id like to buy. But im also concerned about my Cyber-security. If the site I use gets hacked, anyone can take and leak my financial documents or my driver's licence. How would I keep safe?

P.S. Im probably to late to reap the bonuses, but hacks always happen and I want to be ready. Smiley


I'm happy for this question cos it an issue which will help us all and speaking of keeping safe ID due to what's happening this days I think is better to stay away from site which require some deep ID info from customers and use a paper wallet cos all online site are not ever safe. Thank

I agree with this, right now I try to avoid any sites which require ID, it is still possible to do alot with bitcoin without having to send someone your ID. If no one has your ID it is impossible for them to be used in a way you do not them to.
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August 05, 2016, 12:37:35 PM
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When I send ID, I usually censor alot of stuff such as ID Number, Personal number.

That ruins the whole point of identification. You are to provide proof that you're you, using information that's private and only you have access to. If you censor it, what's the point?

All they need is my face, name and location. I've sent only this info and it went through at Paypal and Skrill. Why would I share it to some minority on localbitcoins?
That might work if you're dealing with a seller on Localbitcoins, but exchanges would want to see the entire document.
Adding a watermark, like others have suggested might be ok. Has anyone tried this with success?

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August 05, 2016, 12:51:05 PM
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When I send ID, I usually censor alot of stuff such as ID Number, Personal number.

That ruins the whole point of identification. You are to provide proof that you're you, using information that's private and only you have access to. If you censor it, what's the point?

All they need is my face, name and location. I've sent only this info and it went through at Paypal and Skrill. Why would I share it to some minority on localbitcoins?
That might work if you're dealing with a seller on Localbitcoins, but exchanges would want to see the entire document.
Adding a watermark, like others have suggested might be ok. Has anyone tried this with success?

It is true that verifying ID can be bad also. But for some transactions, it is needed for them to know your background and information. I don't try to verify my ID because I don't have one, they are not accepting Student ID and Im still not on my legal age so verifying ID is impossible for me that's why I didn't encounter this problem yet.
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August 05, 2016, 05:36:24 PM
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When I send ID, I usually censor alot of stuff such as ID Number, Personal number.

That ruins the whole point of identification. You are to provide proof that you're you, using information that's private and only you have access to. If you censor it, what's the point?

All they need is my face, name and location. I've sent only this info and it went through at Paypal and Skrill. Why would I share it to some minority on localbitcoins?
That might work if you're dealing with a seller on Localbitcoins, but exchanges would want to see the entire document.
Adding a watermark, like others have suggested might be ok. Has anyone tried this with success?

It is true that verifying ID can be bad also. But for some transactions, it is needed for them to know your background and information. I don't try to verify my ID because I don't have one, they are not accepting Student ID and Im still not on my legal age so verifying ID is impossible for me that's why I didn't encounter this problem yet.

You can try with passport.
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August 05, 2016, 05:43:04 PM
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Hey guys, with the recent bitfinex hack and the price plummet, id like to buy. But im also concerned about my Cyber-security. If the site I use gets hacked, anyone can take and leak my financial documents or my driver's licence. How would I keep safe?

P.S. Im probably to late to reap the bonuses, but hacks always happen and I want to be ready. Smiley

You can start by submitting the ID's as  "fake copies" watermark! I don't know how to put it if that line didn't make sense,basically when you submit id's online,you can generate a water mark for that date on the id which conveys that the id can be only used on that date.Even if hacker steals your details,he won't be able to use it again.Removing water mark would just destroy the image.Search for it!
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August 05, 2016, 07:14:31 PM
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Hey guys, with the recent bitfinex hack and the price plummet, id like to buy. But im also concerned about my Cyber-security. If the site I use gets hacked, anyone can take and leak my financial documents or my driver's licence. How would I keep safe?

P.S. Im probably to late to reap the bonuses, but hacks always happen and I want to be ready. Smiley

You can start by submitting the ID's as  "fake copies" watermark! I don't know how to put it if that line didn't make sense,basically when you submit id's online,you can generate a water mark for that date on the id which conveys that the id can be only used on that date.Even if hacker steals your details,he won't be able to use it again.Removing water mark would just destroy the image.Search for it!
Actually, I have submitted a water marked scan of my ID card and they didn't accept it as a valid document.

I had to send a clear ultra-high scan of my ID before it got accepted and I then had my account verified at Bitstamp.

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