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Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Off-Topic: sending details (in)securely via email
From:       Billie Walsh <bilwalsh () swbell ! net>
Date:       2016-05-29 17:16:14
Message-ID: 574B23DE.3060408 () swbell ! net
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On 05/29/2016 12:05 PM, gumb wrote:
> Just a quick gauge on people's thoughts on this.
>
> My employer recently asked everybody for an updated ID document. For 
> most of their French employees this would be their identity card, but 
> me being British I don't have one, so it would have to be my passport.
>
> They want me to send a scan of it to them via email. In the past I've 
> refrained from sending scans of such sensitive documents by an 
> inherently insecure system, so I've been holding off these last few 
> weeks.
>
> Since I won't be passing by the office in person anytime soon, aside 
> from putting a photocopy in the post, what would you advise? I'm 
> certainly not going to delve into the complex, murky world of email 
> encryption just for them, and besides, I don't rate the ability of the 
> receptionist at the other end to fathom out anything more exotic than 
> an attached jpeg.
>
> Any attempt to send by other means may be in vain since she may 
> forward it by email to head office.
>
> Should I commence a lecture about safe communications practices or 
> just swallow and hope my identity doesn't get stolen?
>
> gumb
Brits don't have a "drivers License"?

If you do, does it have a picture?

That might qualify. In the USofA our drivers license acts as a 
government issued ID.

-- 
Fast is fine, but accuracy is final.
You must learn to be slow in a hurry.
-Wyatt Earp-

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