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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 miki123211 on Sunday June 21, 2026 @04:37PM (#48622385)
They require verification to access the more capable models through their API. It's not required for "consumer" usage, which also includes things like the Codex CLI authenticated via oAuth.
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Re:Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabili... by ai_fry_ur_brain on Sunday June 21, 2026 @05:06PM (#48622599)
Yes it is, they will trigger it over security related questions.
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Re:Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabili... by RobMurray on Monday June 22, 2026 @03:34AM (#48626958)
It can trigger it's self, when it decides it needs to try lots of different options to get clicks into an installer running as admin. There's basically nothing you can do to prevent it.
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