The Cracks in the Foundation: What ICE Raids Reveal About Background Checks in the Sharing Economy
Since the early days of the peer-to-peer and sharing economy boom, platforms like Uber, Lyft, Turo, and Airbnb have promoted one key selling point: trust. I know this firsthand—I worked at Digisure , a company built around enabling that very trust. We provided identity verification, fraud detection, and insurance services for platforms that promised safety without owning assets. The premise was simple: by offering robust background checks, user verification, and community reviews, platforms could create a safe, decentralized ecosystem where strangers could share cars, homes, and even pets. But the recent ICE raids targeting rideshare lots—many focused on Uber and Lyft drivers—have revealed a troubling truth: the trust infrastructure we assumed was secure may have been paper-thin all along. Background Checks in Name Only? While Uber and Lyft claim to perform background checks on all drivers, what's becoming clear is that these checks did not always include verification of legal work...

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