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superkuhtoday at 4:34 PM1 replyview on HN

The endgame I see is that it will be illegal to communicate on the internet without having a proven bank account. At least in the USA where all ID verification is settling on banks (ie, Plaid). And the banks will tolerate 10,000 false positive denials of service to avoid a single false negative and be happy about it. Plaid even more so. Human beings will have no recourse as they are private companies. This really should be a service that the states of the federal government provide. It's a dark future we're speeding towards.


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bdangubictoday at 4:39 PM

I do not understand this at all. How is ID verification settling on banks????! And which of these banks are private?

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