Comment on Ofcom outlines ways social media can verify ages of users
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 weeks agoApparently you can already buy bulk bundles of British passports and drivers licences off the “dark web” - I’m not sure if they’re newer porn site ones or slightly older ones from the Discord thing a while back (or anywhere else which hoards IDs), but to some degree this already has happened.
jimmy90@lemmy.world 1 week ago
would be great to see any sources you have on this stuff
it’s important
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Sadly it’s merely an “apparently” at the moment, sorry - and only based on a handful of other people having said so. I’d be interested in seeing any newer concrete sources myself to be honest.
I’ve had a quick look around, and there’s some older ones below, but it kind of sounded like something more recent - as is, I’ve heard several unrelated people kicking off about it in the last month.
independent.co.uk - How your entire identity could be sold for £30 on the dark web This is mostly talking about Discord-era stuff, and is from January.
Malware Bytes - 153M+ driver’s licenses for sale on new dark web platform This one is recent, but based on American data - so not directly connected to the “Online Safety Act”, other than a warning.
Daily sceptic - They Said it Was to Protect Kids. Now Your Passport’s on the Dark Web – and Your NHS Record is Next This is basically a year old - and again is mentioning the discord stuff.
parliament.uk - The Online Safety Act: implementation and impact This is official government paperwork about the OSA being shit, but doesn’t mention any specific incident
Metro - Hackers sell scans of 153,000,000 US driving licences – and drivers here could be next This is recent, and in a very widespread UK newspaper, but is covering a recent US related incident. I wonder if this is the source of hearing a lot of very separate people talking about it recently?
Anyway, sorry I can’t find more about it (yet!).