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A comment on Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabilities Starting July 8. Parent comment

Re:Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabili... by SpicyLemonZest on Sunday June 21, 2026 @09:45AM (#48618942)
Control over... my government ID? I understand why someone might oppose this on systemic grounds if they don't believe that frontier models have dangerous capabilities, but I don't understand what the personal risk to me of ID verification is supposed to be. Unlike Discord, Anthropic has my credit card info, so they already know who I am.
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Re:Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabili... by niels8472 on Sunday June 21, 2026 @09:52AM (#48619009)
For one you have to send your info to Persona, who will no doubt at some point start abusing the info they have on you.

If they don't start doing it immediately that is...

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Re:Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabili... by weezing on Sunday June 21, 2026 @09:50AM (#48618997)
If you are comfortable with your ID scans sitting who knows where then I guess you are their target. Real fun starts when you identity gets stolen tho.
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Re:Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabili... by SpicyLemonZest on Sunday June 21, 2026 @09:56AM (#48619037)
I'm not comfortable with it, but I've already had to verify my ID in the past to people I trust substantially less to handle the images securely. I can understand why someone who's never previously generated a digital photo of their ID might be more worried.
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