jayeff

You surely have to be a bit smarter than that...

Billing is usually done via credit or debit card, which, if the hosting company or its processor wants, means that they can confirm CV2 numbers as well as the card holders' name and address. If they seek that confirmation, they will be doing so from an institution which in the vast majority of cases, has seen proof of identity in person. There are regular mail, WhoIs records and other non-intrusive ways of seeking additional confirmation if required.

All of which are more secure from both parties' points of view than copies of IDs faxed or emailed, because someone who is either committing fraud or in some other way intending to abuse the service (or a sponsor, or someone like EPassporte) is surely capable of faking those copies and likely to do so.

Certainly it sounds a little paranoid and I suspect a lot of the companies in online adult are simply copying each other without asking themselves the point. But why in our business alone, are more people starting to ask for documents which include more information than simple security demands, yet they still sidestep all/most of the proven ways to confirm identity which are commonly used by other organisations which conduct business online?