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  "title": "Anthropic is rolling out identity verification for certain capabilities beginning July 8, 2026",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1ubkpe5/anthropic_is_rolling_out_identity_verification/",
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  "published_at": "2026-06-21T08:29:21+00:00",
  "transcript": "https://preview.redd.it/97jy9cjujl8h1.jpg?width=1350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f91018faf33d1022dee9dff55166cbf704b9a47\n\nAnthropic updated the Privacy Policy this week. To access certain capabilities, you will need to provide an ID. The verification provider is Persona, a 3rd party backed by Peter Thiel. Discord dropped Persona as an age verification vendor following a major user backlash and data exposure incident in February 2026.\n\nRead more: [https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328960-identity-verification-on-claude](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328960-identity-verification-on-claude)\n\n[https://privacy.claude.com/en/articles/10301952-updates-to-our-privacy-policy](https://privacy.claude.com/en/articles/10301952-updates-to-our-privacy-policy)\n\n  \nedit: The second link shows the Privacy Policy updates page, which explicitly states these \"Verification Data\" changes take effect on July 8, 2026 among other things, and that page was updated just recently. While the main support article about ID verification might have been published earlier, the official Privacy Policy itself wasn't updated to reflect \"Verification Data\" policies until now.\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[192 upvotes] Bye-bye Claude. What exactly are these \"advanced capabilities\" that require an ID? Whatever they are, that line is going to keep moving. One day everything will be labeled a 'national security risk'.\n\nImagine writing some code, asking the AI to find vulnerabilities or do some security hardening, and getting hit with a prompt demanding your ID. It’s a hypothetical example, but that's exactly where this is heading. Anthropic is just starting it, the other labs will absolutely follow. I’m completely willing to pay for these services, but I am not providing my ID. I really hope open source catches up fast.\n\n[101 upvotes] Absofuckinglutely not. If money isn't enough verification for them then forget it. \n\n[72 upvotes] Yeaaah, this was where it's been going since Anthropic needs to limit Mythos to US citizens only. Due to export restrictions.\n\nI imagine AI will get locked behind identity verification and credentials (licenses, degrees, permits) more and more in future, as capabilities grow.\n\n[72 upvotes] Of course they selected Persona. Lmao",
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