Speaking about the ongoing stellar airdrop by blockchain.com which started as a fair one but now requires those interested in the airdrop to pass some KYC procedures, I ask, is it worth it? We complain of Facebook, Google etc of stealing our privacy and possible selling them for profit to other companies and praise blockchain of been decentralized yet we're willing to sell our private details to some centralized organization offering services related to the blockchain technology and we think it's safer? I get it that the bear market has affected numerous newbie that came into the market in 2017 but I ask again is just $25 worth your privacy?
I suspect this moved by them as a deliberate attempt to steal users private details (identify), first they made the airdrop looks so simple and easy thereby deceiving numerous customers into believing they would get free $25 after they have trapped their victim, they then introduce kyc to steal their identity.
There is only one way to avoid passing of KYC. Do not join their airdrop. Yes, we complain those who are requiring us to pass these KYC. As a matter of fact, I am also against that because I want to hide my identity in this industry. Unfortunately, we are in dilemma wherein we need to choose. Do we need to go step in KYC just to get the $25? Or hide our private information.