> It’s not really a “trend” > As more commerce moves online It is very much a trend and that is very much what you are describing. The problem with identity

> It’s not really a “trend” > As more commerce moves online It is very much a trend and that is very much what you are describing. The problem with identity verification is a) Business that have no business requesting them do so. Linkedin, Google, Facebook does this when they suspect you are a bot. But if you have been a long time user, they hold your account with your personal data as hostage. You cannot delete your account if you object to providing your official documents. b) There is very little legal protection if companies (not saying Stripe will) use your official documents to build an extremely detail online profile of you. Its all based on trusting what these companies say.