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this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2025
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Friendly reminder that some services do need your ID otherwise they cannot help you or at least they need to very you (accountants, notaries, etc)
edit: I can´t do your tax report if I 1 don´t identify you and 2 I don't have the social security for which I need to do the report
also fucking AirBnB
They generally don´t need it though
Iirc, it's so that only women can join the app.
Which is not a good reason to upload photos of drivers licenses.
Oh, agreed, it's just some gatekeeping process for sure.