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Re:“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsAp... by leesalminen on Friday August 06, 2021 @11:26PM (#28095422)
> Why would they care if I am a robot that wants to pay them?

I’ve seen scammers find obscure payment portals and run through a bunch of card numbers to see if they approve/deny. Recaptcha prevents that. It’s obviously not the only way, but it’s low dev effort and it works.

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Re:“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsAp... by withinboredom on Saturday August 07, 2021 @05:30AM (#28097185)
This is an easy fix. Just require being signed in and only allow payment with a valid child attached to the account. You can allow anonymous payments only if you have a valid child account code.
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