Giving Yahoo or any Internet/Service Host a copy of my ID with Birthdate and more..... why not just post your ID on Flickr? Any states left with SSN still printed on state ID cards? Used for Account numbers? An open tiff in an unencrypted email stream?

Do all of their employees with access to incoming bandwidth get background checks? And I do mean any and all workers that have access to incoming bandwidth packets beit the physical wires or any routing machines in addition to any terminals setup for day to day work....?

Too many sites use too little information which is inclusive of some of the information on the State issued IDs for satisfying their requirements of identification. Adding a picture would also be frowned upon. Forget the tinfoil. There are reasons IDs do not come on lanyards for public display where ever one travels in day to day life.

I cannot even count on Yahoo to keep my email address out of the hands of spammers. Why would I send them any official documents of mine? The spam from their email accounts as it is use alphabetic lists of their other users still, just moved to the BCC field so the list is not as noticed as years past.

The problem is real, but you are trying to solve one little glitch when the entire system is currently a hole.

The third party view mentioned (notary) has promise, but not until there is secured communication. Even if it requires PI type services by licensed third parties for problem certification. (ISPs sign up with internet investigation teams to resolve identification issues with their users. Headline on page 3...)