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JimDabelltoday at 1:42 PM2 repliesview on HN

The whole point of an identity check is that they know exactly who you are. If you tell them who you are and you fail the identity check, you can’t simply create a new account because when you go through the identity check for a second time you’ll still need to tell them exactly who you are, at which point they can match the new account to the original failure.


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polacktoday at 2:03 PM

So I’ll just automate failed verifications for everyone I want to lock out?

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inigyoutoday at 2:31 PM

If I told them who I was and then failed to verify that, they don't know who I am because they think I'm lying about who I am. Otherwise what stops me DoSing Sam Altman's account by saying I'm him and then failing to verify?

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