Comment by someonebaggy

12 hours ago

This is so that you can be sued or prosecuted if the app is malicious.

This is a somewhat good reason to make an US LLC with a mailbox rather than sharing your actual address. It can be much more privacy oriented.

There's no such requirement for publishing a website

  • There is - every server host does KYC and so does every domain registrar (by law). If you're found to have provided incorrect details, it allows them to immediately remove your server or domain without notice.

    • No there isn't, Google's requirement is to put that information publicly for everybody to see. That's not nearly the same thing as being available on court request.

      With that policy, Google encourages stalkers and put developers in danger.

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    • does GitHub require KYC for .github.io pages? does neocities? does 111freewebhosting?