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Re:Stripe Identity by whimsicalism on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:44PM (#27504806)
If you're not offering a service for $, why do you need to verify identity?

What is the usecase?

This strikes me as classic HN bikeshedding.

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Re:Stripe Identity by varispeed on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:57PM (#27505006)
Spam and other malicious behaviour. It's time consuming for mods to block spammers.

Instagram also don't charge users and yet they verify identity.

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Re:Stripe Identity by arcturus17 on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:09PM (#27505163)
Instagram may be verifying identity now (I didn't know... letting FB scan my id would be one of the last things I would want), but I'm pretty sure they reached a massive scale without such a measure.
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Re:Stripe Identity by michaelt on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:03PM (#27505090)
Stripe's website shows users scanning their government ID documents and taking selfies.

Using that as a means to block spammers would be.... unusual.

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