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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 donatepage for more details).

Your support is appreciated!

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 2y

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 2y

Nope. Just a new unclear message on the award page that claimed I needed to verify my account (even though the menu claimed(pic8.co) 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))).