Google's 'ID Validation' Is a Joke, But Not Funny 211
An anonymous reader writes "I was curious about the whole profile reporting and ID validation process on Google+ so I decided to do a little experimental work to find out just what is involved. Answer: very little which could be called rigor." Tease: this story involves a form of I.D. only slightly less funny than the 409-eater with a passport in the name of James Tiberius Kirk.
Re:Account verification (Score:4, Funny)
Doing this kind of thing is a breeze in Belgium. Everyone has an ID card with chip containing a couple of certificates on it. A site can use these to validate you say who you say you are by checking through a government server. Ebay does account verification [certipost.be] in this way. Quick, painless.
Why that's communist! We would never do that here!
Why do you hate America?
Re:Account verification (Score:4, Funny)
Why do you hate America?
Because of your freedoms, obviously ;-)