I rented a car, and within hours my driver's license was for sale
chha
30 points
4 comments
September 02, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
pstuart
This kind of inept security should be punished at a level that makes it cheaper to do it right than to pay a small percentage of their profits to continue with their assault on citizens' private info.
ChrisArchitect
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529621