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Re:We Chat, They Watch by rhizome on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:46AM (#23111476)
>Every Chinese site I've ever used requires phone number or ID verification

Frankly, this happens a lot in the West these days, too. Take OKCupid, for instance. And the third-party doctrine.

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Re:We Chat, They Watch by JamesG124 on Friday May 08, 2020 @03:45AM (#23112382)
Twitter too. Every Twitter account I registered locked me out and asked for phone number after an hour or so
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Re:We Chat, They Watch by mrcodedude on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:58AM (#23111544)
Probably a decent security idea to have minimal PIE requirements for a dating site.
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