Why 83% of Japanese Don’t Have Passports (youtube.com)
Did someone just leave the info door open and someone just came in and took all their passports (100k and 300k CCs and 50k CC with CVVs)?
They bring up one of the most ridiculous info security issues I've been talking about for 5 years (and got agressively downvoted and criticized every time I raised the issue, even in privacy forums). Hotels shouldn't be able to scan or photo your ID. In some countries it's illegal to do so, but in some of those they do it anyway, for the same ‘security’ reasons. Even when a hotel scans your passport, they should only need that info for 10 seconds while they check you in and then delete it, but legally they can keep it ‘for as long as then need it.’
This is Australia, one of the stupidest modern countries. Comments were turned off for the video.
I don't think the US allows hotels or anyone to photo/scan IDs. You show your id and the reception writes out the info on their sheet.
The people who's passport photos were stolen are advised not to travel with their passports because it can be dangerous because criminals who steal passport photos can use it for fraudulent ie criminal purposes. How do you prove that wasn't you?