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Tons of posts on Reddit disagree with you:

https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/SwipeHelper/search?q=hinge+sel...

Maybe you're getting lucky and not tickling their risk-based nonsense, but now that this article has been posted they'll certainly crank that knob up to 11.

Ah, I see, you're referring to this: https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/10303221435539-What-...

You probably don't use Hinge. The verification is not necessary at all. It's merely used to "verify" your identity to other users. It has no bearing on what I cover in the post.

> Note: In certain regions, Hinge requires users to complete a biometric Face Check™

Interesting! Well, I'm definitely not in whatever those regions are. Presumably if a threat actor was motivated enough this would be fairly easily circumvented :]

Edit: e.g. via residential proxy IPs and a bunch of cheap Android phones

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