April 06, 2004
stuff you can do without an id
This is a list of thing you can do in Iceland without an ID:
- Go to any bar and drink alcohol. Buy alcohol. (just because you look like a 28-30 year old in Icelandic standards)
- Change anybody's address registration
- Ask about the progress of anybody's application for work permit
- Receive anybody's one year residence and work permit
- Submit the form for a bank account and a debit card with a photo and signature. So I could _own_ an account with somebody else's name, but my photo.
- Receive a debit card for your bank account.
- Receive the password for managing your bank account online.
Talk about secure procedures.
Posted by boyan at April 6, 2004 12:41 PM
It's like this everywhere. I found out that I can cancel anybody's subscription to Evrocom's cable Internet, just by knowing his/her username, and signing a piece of paper. They do _NO_ checks.
I guess we network/system admins are a lot more paranoid than normal people, to think of such 'bad' things :)