So, I was about to make an account at an online shopping platform and was considering putting a fake name. Is this too much paranoia, or is it okay?

  • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    4 days ago

    in my country the generic package pickup points will want to see your ID card and write it up. they may also check if it’s the same as the recipient but I’m not sure about that

    • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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      3 days ago

      Where I am, to receive a package from mail or a private shipping company, you indeed have to show your ID. However, I always order to the online store’s own office directly (usually without even creating the account - instead asking an employee), and I’ve never been asked this. Is it stricter where you are?

      • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        sorry, I don’t understand this part:

        However, I always order to the online store’s own office directly (usually without even creating the account - instead asking an employee),

        you mean ordering from a store’s website that also has a physical store nearby? and by asking an employee, you mean asking in person at the shop, right?

        if so, I think that would work here too. but most of my online purchases are from shops that don’t have a physical store, maybe at all anywhere, so I can’t apply this technique

        • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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          2 days ago

          Yeah, indeed. I choose where to shop based on whether the shop has a presence in my city (not just “nearby”). Agree it is not universal, I am in a big city.

    • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      Sorry, I didn’t mean package pickup. I meant like ordering from the supermarket, for curbside pickup, for instance.