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monksy on April 25, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: We have 4 days to contest KYC being required by in...

How does an email correspond to your location?

My email goes through Switzerland and I have a domain address that ends in ".de" am I a US resident, German, or Swiss?

kube-system on April 25, 2024 [–]

It doesn't correspond to location any more than "name" does. But it is useful, in conjunction with other things, for determining identity, which is what those requirements are about.

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