alt Hacker NewsTons of posts on Reddit disagree with you:
https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/SwipeHelper/search?q=hinge+sel...
Maybe you're getting lucky and not tickling their risk-based nonsense, but now that this article has been posted they'll certainly crank that knob up to 11.
Ah, I see, you're referring to this: https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/10303221435539-What-...
You probably don't use Hinge. The verification is not necessary at all. It's merely used to "verify" your identity to other users. It has no bearing on what I cover in the post.