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direwolf20yesterday at 11:30 PM1 replyview on HN

Can't you just get people to email you an ID photo when they sign up?


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wizzwizz4today at 12:23 AM

Email is the digital equivalent of a postcard. I really want to argue that this is a bad idea (because it is), but depending how you set your email system up, it might actually compare favourably to using a third-party identity verification company.

Better to use some kind of secure drop web portal (perhaps https://securedrop.org/) that's actually designed for that kind of thing, though.