Perhaps it was implicit that many might commend OpenAI for attempting to keep malware schemers’ hands off o3 (& consider how the Americans have many restrictions against doing business with e.g. N.K.), but I’m stating it given the unlikelihood OpenAI simply wanted to refuse money from you good earnest people. Now…
“There’s got to be a better way!”, I think, right?
Sounds like OpenAI might need a backup verification method, but of course anything needs thoughtful implementation.
If anyone has suggestions, some might be worth posting here & some might be worth address to US officials as well. Maybe OpenAI could use a hand here.
Anyway, I’m uncomfortable with KYC.
Thanks much @Diet for the quick confirm on the queasy
& best of luck folks! Know it’s hard to stay competitive when that dang third-party can’t do their job!
Yeah not a fan of this and literally stopped me from continuing to play with OpenAI for my project ideas.
I’ll look for something else. I’m tired of giving out my ID and then find out they get leaked later on. Sorry OpenAI but you need to find a better way than this.
Just cancelled my API recurring. Enjoy my 10 bucks I guess. Wish I had known before loading my account the first time.
I can use the email trick to get a new verification link but verification still fails through persona
Can someone from OpenAI please help… I’ve been a customer since day 1 when paid accounts were available but I can’t even use the newest tools. This is disheartening.
Edit: okay my org is now showing as verified— haven’t done anything. The o3 model is still showing locked but will try it
Stuck in the same broken loop. Used my DNI on a personal account, now my business account is blocked by the 90-day rule + “expired link” error. No restart, no fix, no support.
You want our IDs and biometrics, but can’t even get the verification flow working. If this isn’t fixed fast, I’m out.
In Chile, Law 19.628 on Protection of Private Life regulates the processing of personal and sensitive data — including biometric data from IDs. Requiring users to hand over this kind of information as a condition to access a service, and transferring it abroad without adequate safeguards, could be considered unlawful under local law.
Even if enforcement across borders is complex, this creates serious trust and compliance concerns for companies operating globally. Any verification process that handles sensitive ID data should meet privacy standards in every jurisdiction where users are based.
This is ridiculous. Honestly, I won’t be using OpenAI for my projects if this stands. Why? Because I simply don’t trust that your third-party organization can maintain the privacy/security of my most personal data. Adding my government ID to some data broker is a hard pass. I hope this changes; you are only accelerating the migration to open source tools.
It is also self-defeating. It exposes the users to potential irrevocable loss of their biometric identity. OpenAI is not a government and already has payment information. There are plenty of high-quality anti-fraud mechanisms available that do not require this kind of exposure.
So long as OpenAI requires biometric verification, I will not be using it for any purpose that relies on that verification.
The verification requirement is outrageous, and not disclosing it before credit purchase is such a dishonest practice! I really hope open ai addresses the issue
I just cannot trust this 3rd party enough (or at all!) to submit my ID Photo to it over the internet, and it’s too bad that I only found out this after I paid $5 – and I don’t think there is a way to ask for refund, but at lease I canceled it and going back to Anthropic! Good job, OpenAI!
Oh boy. I just found out the hard way that this ID thing is a thing… Got a key, paid $100 for tokens because I know I’ll probably blow through it in a month. Went to use it and got an error that I need to “verify my organization” - funny seeing how I am just an individual hobbyist - Go to reconcile that and find out that a third party company wants to see my drivers license! Um? WHAT?! What kind of dystopian nightmare is this? Having been part of a massive data breach myself, there is not a snowballs chance in hades that I am handing over my ID and biometric data just to use an LLM. Off to find another provider. And you better bet I am disputing that charge with my bank. Just absolutely infuriating. I am disheartened to see so many of you deciding to hand over your data… Not only that, fighting a broken verifier to do it, if those aren’t screaming fluorescent red flags, I don’t know what is? Tsk.
