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I refuse to create accounts on site that require even a phone number, let alone government ID. It will eventually get lost and things like passports being faked

by retox 9y ago

I refuse to create accounts on site that require even a phone number, let alone government ID. It will eventually get lost and things like passports being faked can land you in prison or watchlists if someone like Israel decides to steal your identity while committing an extra-legal assassination.

AaronFriel 9y ago
That escalated quickly. Are you sure if Israel wanted to pin an extra-legal assassination on you, they couldn't do so already?
- nkantar 9y ago
  I don't think it's about them wanting to explicitly target someone, but about one's odds of being randomly implicated increasing with every leak.
scottmf 9y ago
Perfectly sane reason for not signing up with Twitter.
- deleted 9y ago
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- JonasJSchreiber 9y ago
  I want to downvote the person you replied to and upvote your comment. HN apparently doesn't work like that so I'll stick with a single upvote :)
  - jonny_eh 9y ago
    Once you get enough karma you can downvote comments.
    - deleted 9y ago
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    - qu4z-2 9y ago
      But the delay is specifically so you can internalise the fact that downvoting here is a stronger claim than on, say, reddit.
realusername 9y ago
They could use Google Captcha and create two kind of verified account, you don't necessary need an ID.
- neotek 9y ago
  CAPTCHA is an entirely pointless way of verifying humans, you can buy human-powered CAPTCHA solves for less than $1 per thousand.
  - realusername 9y ago
    Ah sorry then, I did not know it was that cheap :/