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Brave has silently shadow-locked Poal's BAT wallet and is now demanding that I give up my personal information (picture of ID card, a mobile number and a selfie) to third party services (Uphold page for more details).

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Brave has silently shadow-locked Poal's BAT wallet and is now demanding that I give up my personal information (picture of ID card, a mobile number and a selfie) to third party services (Uphold[dot]com and Gemini[dot]com) to be able to transfer the coins. For the record, I decided to add BAT donations after receiving multiple requests from a handful of Poalrs here, and never really put much thought into it. So thanks for those who participated and sent coins, unfortunately I will not be able to transfer the wallet anonymously...so If you are using that Brave rewards program, I guess you know what to do now. FYI, Poal's wallet contains 351 BAT (currently worth ~$80, was >$300 before BTC collapsed a few months ago). If you still want to donate, you can use different cryptocurrencies (check the [donate](https://poal.co/donate) page for more details). Your support is appreciated!

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[–] • 4 pts

So much for Brave being one of the good guys. Did they give you any reason as to why they needed your PII? Patriot Act or some other nonsense?

[–] • 5 pts

Nope. Just a new unclear message on the award page that claimed I needed to verify my account (even though I was) to transfer the coins to one of the third party services.

They silently locked accounts who aren't using their 3rd party (((partners))).