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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: do bitcoin ATMs really suck this much?
by
TaunSew
on 17/08/2014, 05:20:14 UTC
My local ATM does not scan my hand or ask for any government ID.  I strongly suspect, however, that they do take photos.


There was a riot in my area some years ago and the police used sophisticated software to match people in the riot photographs with accounts on Facebook, in order to identify and arrest people.  If the ATM is storing images of its' users then the Police or the Government can cross compare that information with Facebook to find out who is a crypto currency user and/or has not paid their capital gains' tax.