Oh no, Claude just popped up a request for Portal verification. Our honeymoon period was less than a week over, and this afternoon I received a Claude Desktop pop-up requesting Portal verification. I just completed my subscription KYC a few days ago using my passport, and now they're requiring even stricter Portal verification. After browsing Twitter, I'm pretty sure I'm only 0.1% away from being banned. I've looked at many Claude KYC website introductions, and they basically don't accept Portal verification, only subscription KYC (the difficulty of the two verifications is completely different). So, to put it roughly, if your account prompts for Portal verification, it's basically guaranteed to be banned. Undeterred, I checked other so-called KYC-guaranteed accounts, and the prices are basically double. In other words, a $100 subscription Max account would cost around $200. A $200 20x Max account would cost around $350. The strictest KYC policy in history (targeting Chinese citizens) is about to usher in the most glorious phase for the Claude industry. Besides physical immigration and starting a US company, I really can't think of a way to reliably use Claude. A new Age of Exploration under Anthropic's rule.