Tell HN: You now need a government id in order to create an Anthropic account
A Hacker News discussion post reports that creating an Anthropic account now requires government ID.
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A Hacker News discussion post reports that creating an Anthropic account now requires government ID. The poster says signup redirects to a third-party site, withpersona.com, and asks for a selfie alongside a passport. The poster also recalls that a phone number was requested about two years earlier. The full article was not checked, and the excerpt is a short user-written preview rather than an official Anthropic statement.
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A user reports that Anthropic account creation now redirects to withpersona.com.
Source: news.ycombinator.com ↗Stored source-based brief · key point 1 · AINewsIQ paraphraseThe user reports being asked to submit a selfie together with a passport.
Source: news.ycombinator.com ↗Stored source-based brief · key point 2 · AINewsIQ paraphraseThe user recalls that Anthropic requested a phone number about two years earlier.
Source: news.ycombinator.com ↗Stored source-based brief · key point 3 · AINewsIQ paraphraseLimits from the stored brief
Source claims not independently checked; this is an unverified user report from a short excerpt, and the full discussion and any official Anthropic documentation were not reviewed.
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Why this may matter
If accurate, mandatory government ID checks for AI service signups raise privacy and access concerns, and routing identity data through a third-party verifier adds further risk to consider.
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