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NEARLY 1M PASSPORTS, IDS EXPOSED ON PUBLIC INTERNET
Nearly a million passports and photo identification documents were left unprotected on the public internet, accessible to anyone with a direct link. The identity documents—including passports from Germany, Spain, and driver's licenses from multiple countries—sat at public URLs with no password protection or access controls.
The Verge+0m
Typing a few letters and numbers into my web browser, I find myself gaping at the identity documents of complete strang…