That wild Ask a Manager story
&gt; <i>If we start to imagine adding steps to the interview process to protect against an imposter job candidate, the “solutions” we come up with are quite aggressive. We could ask candidates on video (or in person) to see a photo ID and match the ID against the resume. But this would seem very weird. It starts an interview off in a hostile manner, and send the a strong message of distrust.</i><p>&gt; <i>Computers don’t have emotions; I don’t need to worry insulting the vast majority of S3 objects when I defensively check integrity every time. But humans are different; when we design a human system around uncommon cases, we do need to consider the ramifications on the majority.</i><p>That&#x27;s very true. It could be called &quot;the tragedy of security&quot;: annoying and insulting everyone just to ward off a few bad actors.<p>For example, in Europe, online payments are becoming annoying to a degree that would have been unthinkable ten years ago. To use a VISA card online includes typing its 16-digits number, expiration date, &quot;security code&quot; (which is printed on the card), then receiving a code in a text message and typing it back, and now typing yet another personal code (or in some cases, the access code to one&#x27;s online account!!) And after all that, it may still fail. It&#x27;s insane.<p>I&#x27;m sure there are good reasons from the banks or regulators POV to act like this, but the consequences are incredibly painful for the vast majority of people, and probably economically detrimental as well (I sometimes give up from buying something online when the system doesn&#x27;t accept a simpler payment method than VISA).<p>There has to be a better way.