I actually disagree with this as well. The Hacker News user is not the average user. The average user has no idea what Stripe is, they assume that the business requesting a verification will have access to anything they submit.
I know this because we use Stripe Identity ourselves (in beta) and user's have no idea that Stripe and us are different companies.
I know this because we use Stripe Identity ourselves (in beta) and user's have no idea that Stripe and us are different companies.