Not true I'm afraid. I tried feeding it false information and gave it an email alias that goes to an actual address I control. Got an email from wallet(at)primal.net that saying they couldn't activate based on the info provided. It's actual KYC.

Thanks for the book recommendation! Just bought on Audible and looking forward to reading it. I wonder though if privacy focused Android forks like GrapheneOS are still susceptible to this?

I have mixed feelings about this. If nothing else, maybe he can help educate Trump on Bitcoin lol