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Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by marderfarker2 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:52AM (#27759278)
Really? I’m outside of China, and signed up for WeChat (for work) but never had to do any of the KYC things. They only took my number to send an OTP.

If they ask for KYC in the mainland I suppose it’s understandable since it serves a lot more than a chat app there (payment, SSO for a lot of other services).

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Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by bellyfullofbac on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:54AM (#27759285)
When I tried to install WeChat because I was going to travel to China, it kept making me verify my account repeatedly, I guess it was because my phone was rooted...
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