Anthropic updates their terms to verify age or identity • Hacker News Board

Re: Anthropic updates their terms to verify age or identity

#11

Post by throwaw12 » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC

Couple years ago the West was complaining about surveillance and scoring system of citizens in China (or was making fun of it)

Seems like US wants to get ahead on this and be #1

Also Sam Altman will love this idea, because he already tried it with Worldcoin

Re: Anthropic updates their terms to verify age or identity

#12

Post by etchalon » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC

I should be worried about this, but Anthropic's products are a paid product. You can't use them without providing some identifying information, unless you're going out of your way to provide them inaccurate information.

I generally dislike services which require this level of identity verification but also, so far, those have mostly been freemium services and community tools. And I dislike gating those communities.

I'm sure I should have more of a problem with this.

Re: Anthropic updates their terms to verify age or identity

#13

Post by onesandofgrain » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC

So in practise this means I need to upload my passport to continue using the CLI and the chat?

Re: Anthropic updates their terms to verify age or identity

#14

Post by SimianSci » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC

More signal that the open-weight models should be our destiny as an industry. These proprietary models are being used to usher in more surveillance and gatekeeping across the industry.

Re: Anthropic updates their terms to verify age or identity

#15

Post by micromacrofoot » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC

that's what my credit card is for

Re: Anthropic updates their terms to verify age or identity

#16

Post by giancarlostoro » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 8:12 PM UTC

throwaw12 wrote: post #11

Couple years ago the West was complaining about surveillance and scoring system of citizens in China (or was making fun of it) Seems like US wants to get ahead on this and be #1 Also Sam Altman will love this idea, because he already tried it with Worldcoin

It's a little bold to assume that 15% of the US population means the entire US wants this. We founded this country against unwarranted government interference in our personal lives, it's why the fourth and fifth amendment exist.

Re: Anthropic updates their terms to verify age or identity

#17

Post by micromacrofoot » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 8:12 PM UTC

throwaw12 wrote: post #11

Couple years ago the West was complaining about surveillance and scoring system of citizens in China (or was making fun of it) Seems like US wants to get ahead on this and be #1 Also Sam Altman will love this idea, because he already tried it with Worldcoin