The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

rdl 24 points 5 comments August 15, 2026
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areoform

Something like this happened to me and it has cost me $20k+ over time, https://areoform.wordpress.com/2021/08/06/on-apples-expanded... Mercury unblocked my accounts because their founder is a very kind man who bothered to verify what the document actually says rather than falling back to, "Computer says no." But everywhere else? De nada. Computer says no. And it's not even me. It's a fuzzy match with someone in their 50s. Doesn't matter. Computer says no. And I can't "get off the list" because it's not me who's on the list. The computer will always say no. In the long run, I'll be fine. I think. But I'll pay $100k+ by the time it's over. These systems are being steadily expanded, as the dumbest incarnations of themselves. We've gone from Thin Thread https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinThread to crappy fuzzy matches on shoddy data executed on with 0 diligence. It's the stupidest possible timeline. I think many, many other people will be sharing our fate soon, which is partly why I've been writing about this slow rolling train wreck in motion in bits and pieces.

zhivota

Honestly the best thing to do might be to change your name at this point. I'm glad my name is not common, this kind of issue is going to only get worse in the future.

kazinator

You can't seriously match people on first and last name and claim "fully matched". Think of how manny John Smiths there are? How can this be the company started by Wozniak and Jobs ...

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