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by cowboy_henk 256 days ago
Asking for more information than required will cause people to stop using the website, hurting revenue.
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If the existing situation with website registrations, required ID uploads for social media, signing in with Google/Apple/Microsoft, etc. is to go by, the majority of people don't mind giving out nearly anything about them when asked for it by someone who seems trustworthy at a brief glance.
I have never seen one of those planets.