most people have no clue how hinge ban works. let me explain. it’s pretty much biometric exile. hinge uses facial recognition for identity locking, & taps into apple’s device level APIs (like devicecheck) to make bans stick across reinstallations, even icloud. once you’re out, you’re really out. there’s now a whole shadow economy built around getting unbanned. people edit photos, distort selfies, apply ai filters, swap devices, spoof identifiers… anything to confuse the system. some even generate slightly tweaked versions of their face just to slip through verification. it’s all wildly dystopian & absolutely perfect for this cultural moment. these apps are now the border patrol of digital intimacy. & somewhere in brooklyn, a guy is jailbreak testing 3 iphones just to match with sarah, 28, who is liberal loves traveling, hikes, & tacos.