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sigmaleph ([personal profile] sigmaleph) wrote2020-02-11 09:38 am

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I was buying bus tickets online and after putting in my national id number they autofilled with data from the previous time I'd used that website, and asked me to confirm the information was correct. which it wasn't, because my name has changed since. but the form doesn't actually allow you to change name data, because of course people's names don't change, right?

i found a workaround eventually but it was deeply frustrating.
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[personal profile] nathanielbuildsatesseract 2020-02-11 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't the whole point of national ID numbers that people's names are non-unique and fluid? Sometimes I wonder if UI designers ever think about the questions they ask.
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[personal profile] nathanielbuildsatesseract 2020-02-15 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Using your spouse's surname without that appearing on your physical ID is wild to me.