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		rhizome on May 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We Chat, They Watch >Every Chinese site I've ever used requires phone number or ID verification Frankly, this happens a lot in the West these days, too. Take OKCupid, for instance. And the third-party doctrine.

JamesG124 on May 8, 2020 | [–]

Twitter too. Every Twitter account I registered locked me out and asked for phone number after an hour or so

mrcodedude on May 8, 2020 | [–]

Probably a decent security idea to have minimal PIE requirements for a dating site.

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