Post #1504556

2026-04-21 21:51 UTC

@tml @evawolfangel the passport number is freaking sensitive. My private address is freakibg sensitive if *I* feel it is, not when someone else feels it is (I mean you). When I show my passport at a hotel, the recptionist doesn't keep a copy of it's number to lose it later on, but only checks I'm who I claim to be. your reply is as baseless as it is unkind.

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@tml@mementomori.social 2026-04-21 21:59

@funkylab @evawolfangel In hotels in some countries passports/IDs are scanned and stored to be given to the police. Happens at least in Italy. I doubt anything prevents the hotel staff from making unauthorized copies of the scanned passport/ID images and give to criminals that pay them for the information. Back in the days (not many decades ago) it was completely normal to give your passport to hotel staff upon arrival, and they kept it over the first night, or for the whole stay. Also, in night trains it was completely normal to give your passport to the carriage attendant so that they would show it at border controls while you could sleep. I agree about home address. But on the other hand, do you subscribe to any (physical) newspapers or magazines? Have you ever ordered food to be delivered at your home? Ordered goods online for delivery at your home? Do you trust all these companies to not leak your address?

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