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by AnonHP 845 days ago
They ask for a government ID in some cases. I was able to provide one with some details masked, and they wanted the name on my account to match the name on the government ID. This is a commercial transaction, not Facebook. So I was kinda ok with that. But it is weird and ridiculous.
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Whether to provide proof is at least a choice you get to make, but in my case even that wasn't on the (empty) table.