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by clifflocked 399 days ago
OAuth exists and can be used to confirm someone's identity by linking their Google account.
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nixpulvis 399 days ago
To be fair, I wouldn't want my google account linked to my dating profile. Aggregating services has risks too.
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knicholes 399 days ago
Maybe secondary google account.
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nixpulvis 398 days ago
Yea, but then what I have to upload my passport through a service linked to that secondary. It's not really tenable.
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kelnos 399 days ago
Linking a Google account doesn't confirm your identity, though. It just confirms that you created a Google account with a particular name.
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smt88 399 days ago
A Google account does nothing to prove identity
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