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Privacy.com now using persona to verify ID
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this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2026
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IDK if it was Persona, but when I tried to sign up last year, they demanded I send a copy o fmy photo ID to a 3rd party identity broker. I refused, and did not sign up. Given the recent huge breaches of photo ID databases, I feel kinda vindicated about that.
I started to sign up a couple years ago, maybe, and they wanted a massive amount of personal info. It never made sense to me. If I was willing to give all that out to some random company online, I wouldn't need a privacy service.
I suppose they are going to require some KYC info. They have legal reqs they have to meet. So, I get that they must know my real identity. Still, they could do it without a photo ID given to a 3rd party identiy broker. There are other ways, which do not depend on an ID copy which every identity thief in the world wants.
Why are they subject to KYC requirements? Are they a finance company?