Webcamming your ID: Good thing or bad?  March 6, 2012 at 10:48
AM ET  Woman using webcam Netverify uses the same webcam
technology as Netswipe  A patent-pending technology turns your
webcam into an instant ID reader, which its makers say is a good
thing if you don't want to fax in your ID when a business asks
for verification that you are who you say you are. But it could
also be a bad thing if you don't want the info on that ID stored
somewhere "for future reference."  Jumio, a company that last
summer introduced Netswipe, a way to use webcams as instant
credit card readers, has now announced Netverify, which
incorporates the same technology into using cameras on laptops,
desktops, tablets and mobile phones for instant ID captures.
For consumers, this could be a convenience, if you're applying
for a loan or trying to rent/buy a place and and those
establishments need proof of ID to push the transaction through
-- and you don't want to go to the trouble of scanning or faxing
your ID over. Or, if a fraud clai