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Some of this is about increasing friction, not collecting flawless info. Is it possible to fool Stripe Identity (https://stripe.com/identity) repeatedly? Probably. But it’s a pain to make new fake docs (or switch carriers) every time an account is flagged.



Why is it such a pain? You can print hundreds of good enough fake IDs every day with a sub $1000 printer.




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