I have some fiat left on strike, but suddenly they want me to take a selfie and upload it. Fuck that. It's supposed to be sent to a third party "Persona". Not going to happen.
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114 sats \ 2 replies \ @freetx 1h
I hate KYC. I hate the idea of the huge honeypot(s) that exist with my data in it.
I had long resisted opening any CEX account because of that, when Fidelity got started with BTC wallets I thought "great, I already have a Fidelity account so they won't put me thru the stupid take-a-picture routine".
Nope. Even though I've had a Fidelity account for 15+ years, they still made me jump thru those hoops. Its maddening. Are there special laws requiring this for "crypto"?
I hope one day we become a large enough political force to undo all the stupid/pointless KYC laws. They are all a violation of 4th amendment (not that politicians care)
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119 sats \ 1 reply \ @fiatbad 49m
With an attitude like this, I trust you're exclusively using RoboSats anytime you need to sell dollars. And I salute your for it.
The complacency and general acceptance of KYC laws among Bitcoiners really boils my blood. The OG Cypherpunks are rolling in their graves.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 46m
I have used Robo and it worked fine, but mostly now I just do bitrefill or thebitcoincompany for gift cards.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @LibreHans OP 1h
Before this happened I traveled the world for a few weeks, used VPNs, and installed strike on several different phones. Obviously I can't recommend them any more, but in case somebody is stuck, maybe those are things to avoid.
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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 2h
You setup a strike account without KYC initially? I thought they KYC'd everyone. Or did you use a white labelled wallet like Primal's?
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @LibreHans OP 1h
No, I did kyc, they already have a picture of my ID, now they want a biometric picture. Whatever..
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 1h
oh I see
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @hasherstacker 1h
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