[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 23 points 7 months ago

I work for a hosting provider, not Racknerd though so I can't speak to their processes. Main difference is that while we use Stripe, we don't use their ID verification service (and no customers have reported that Stripe has forced them to do so).

The post title is misleading. Yes, Stripe has an ID verification service, but Stripe isn't what is requiring your ID. Racknerd is using Stripe's ID verification feature against your payment because of some flag or policy on their end.

Why take my money, charge for a year of service, and then send me a link to verify myself?

This is standard operating procedure and happens in pretty much every industry that accepts online payments. Some flag, policy, etc. was indicated they need to take addition steps to verify you.

The biggest issue here is with Stripe asking me to verify my identity, even though I'm not using their service. Yes, they might be legal, but their intrusive behavior in collecting people's information is unreasonable and should not be tolerated.

I'll reiterate that Stripe did not arbitrarily force that on you, Racknerd did.

In the future, I recommend avoiding services that require Stripe for payment verification. Though it seems impossible to distinguish between the transactions that requires it and those don't.

This isn't useful advice. Racknerd forced the verification on you, not Stripe. I would recommend reviewing the terms of service and going from there. The hosting provider I work for explicitly mentions in the ToS that we may require ID verification. You can use nomenclature like that to a avoid a service, though Racknerd doesn't mention it in theirs so YMMV. Research and accounts from other customers can be used as well.

If the intent is to avoid ID verification, I would recommend ensuring the data you provide is accurate and up to date but there really isn't much you can do outside of that. You can thank fraudsters and abusers for ruining that for you.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 22 points 9 months ago

This but every outfit is the same exact outfit, American Psycho style.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 23 points 9 months ago

This is title gore (not OP, the original article). The title reads like the cleaner was already dead. What's wrong with just "charged with murder of cleaner who came to his door by mistake"?

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago

I'm not familiar with the drama itself, but dansup is the creator of both Pixelfed and Loops.video.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 23 points 2 years ago

To be fair, the offer letter mentions he is working from a remote office (and is able to hire an assistant of his choosing). I'm hoping this whole supercommute nonsense isn't daily and instead like.. monthly for some meeting or something.

Who am I kidding though, a $10M signing bonus? He gets up to $250K per year of personal use out of the jet? They'll even reimburse him $50K of legal and advisory fees he incurs having the offer reviewed by his own lawyers. That's where I stopped reading.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago

What we can work on is awareness. If iOS users are aware, they can choose to simply go to the website directly and make the purchase, instead of using the app. They can still use the app for consumption.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago

I've had to carrier unlock two devices from T-Mobile. You've already returned it, but if anyone else faces a similar situation: for whatever godforsaken reason, DMing them on Twitter is the way that has always worked for me. There is back and forth, but usually they set you right.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago

The law is for devices that come out of the box with a weak default. Like buying a wifi hotspot where the default is "admin123" would be bad. The default being random and printed on a label in the device is probably what this is aiming to usher in.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago

I've finished one play through of BG3. The description for her made it sound like a rough fight so I snuck up and blasted her to smithereens.

I only found it she was a companion in act 2. Way too late to roll back.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 23 points 2 years ago

The company I work for got bought out and from my perspective things have only improved. From the perspective of the random customer who has the first thing go wrong in half a decade though? Those immediately blame the acquisition.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago

Nice, it's been a while since I saw the classic fallacy fallacy in the wild.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 23 points 3 years ago

At the very least they would get access to your IP address (assuming you aren't ok a VPN/proxy) and browsing habits. Whether they take the steps to log those in a usable format and do something with it? I wouldn't say the risk is much different on an instance with 1000 users vs 100.

My main concern would be instance longevity.

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