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		codedokode on April 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We have 4 days to contest KYC being required by in... This won't work. Foreign nations have enough skill and resources to pass KYC as a citizen (steal someone's documents, pay a homeless for verification etc). And as I understand, US doesn't have a central citizen database so it is difficult to verify a document.

White_Wolf on April 25, 2024 | [–]

It's funny they don't need ID to vote but they'll need one for a VPS.

EDIT: I know it's about IaSS.

AnthonyMouse on April 25, 2024 | | [–]

That isn't even the first reason it won't work.

Computing is a global commodity. There are providers in other countries. They would just use one of those.

atentaten on April 25, 2024 | [–]

It's not meant to work.

webspinner on April 26, 2024 | [–]

True that!

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