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X can now ask users for government IDs to verify their paid accounts (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by HLMenckenFan to c/technology
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[โ€“] grabyourmotherskeys 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So a lot of crypto exchanges (all?) require this type of verification. I assume the next thing is turning this into a payment app using crypto. That sounds very musky.

[โ€“] psud 6 points 1 year ago

That is part of his stated goal