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Tangurena2today at 12:46 PM0 repliesview on HN

When venues (bars, clubs, supermarkets) scan your ID, they are scanning the barcode on the back.

For details of what is stored on that barcode:

https://www.aamva.org/getmedia/99ac7057-0f4d-4461-b0a2-3a553...

What's on passports and some identity docs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport

There have been many cases where clubs stored the documents scanned which were then hacked. Or where club/bar staff used the scanned/stored documents to stalk attractive women.

Sample:

https://www.theverge.com/tech/947157/passports-data-breach-c...