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Re:Ask HN: Why do my online accounts keep getting banned? by dihydro on Thursday March 03, 2022 @04:59PM (#30547610)
Yes, but if I was looking to make a fake identity, I would steal a real one and fudge something like the SSN plus or minus one on a random digit. Then you can blame the mismatch on their people making a typo, and they would be less likely to look closer at my forged SSN card/Passport/Drivers License.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do my online accounts keep getting banned? by Zircom on Thursday March 03, 2022 @05:49PM (#30548115)
Okay but the issue here is SSNs close to one that's already flagged also get flagged apparently. If you know your social is flagged and are giving a fake one why would you make it anything remotely similar to your own already flagged one?
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Re:Ask HN: Why do my online accounts keep getting banned? by pfarrell on Thursday March 03, 2022 @08:03PM (#30549231)
It’s what I remember the desk agent telling me. Who knows how much that person knew about the system (and even if my memory is 100% accurate).
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