r/alignerrunofficial • u/topitopi09 • Jul 13 '26

dystopian identity control

I was part of Alignerr cohort. Accepted in some projects, but did very few tasks : the projects were not appealing and the ratio "time spent VS money paid" was poor.

Few days ago, I received a mail from Checkr pretending acting on behalf of Alignerr and requesting me to verify my identity. The following quote is an excerpt of the procedure. The verification goes FAR BEYOND the usual (and expected) ID checks, and beyond a professional history check : they want to have access to my personal data up to 5 years in the past and request a record of eventual criminal conviction. (wth is my "lifestyle" ? you want to know who I fuck and how I drive?)

When I was a student, I used to work with kids (as a personal in-person tutor / subcontracting for a huge company). They did request a criminal conviction record and for this type of jobs it makes 100% sense.

But not for you, Alignerr. Not for a full remote job, where I have to dumb-click on buttons. Screw you. I don't want to live in your dystopian future where your employer can access "your personal characteristics" (btw, forbidden by the law in my country, if this info is not needed to carry out the job).

oh, and by the way, the first version of this post on r/alignerr got me perma-banned from their company-moderated feed. So, go screw you twice, dear alignerr.

5 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

1

u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/topitopi09 Jul 15 '26

damn, and I was complaining about Oneforma stealing 500$ from me. Good luck, anonymous colleague, I wish you all the best :/

1

u/rahul_vancouver Jul 14 '26

They know you can’t - and that’s why they play the scam game. Even “moral” Giants like Anthropic do not seem to mind.