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Ask HN: Apple locked me out of the developer program for a technical error

2•LoganDark•1h ago
I recently tried to verify my identity to enroll in the Apple Developer program, but the Developer app kept giving me errors like "Your identity couldn't be verified because the image you submitted is unclear or obscured." or "The photo of your ID didn't upload."

After about four attempts, I was locked out and not able to attempt to enroll through the Developer app anymore. I tried to enroll by browser instead, but that now also says "Your enrollment in the Apple Developer Program could not be completed at this time.".

So I emailed Apple Developer Support and they replied:

> After reviewing your account details, it looks like we can’t verify your identity with the Apple Developer app or provide further assistance with the Apple Account for Apple developer programs.

So am I screwed for life? Am I now unable to publish on the App Store or sign apps for distribution forever, just because of some stupid technical problem?

Are there any other channels I can try to use to get this resolved? It sounds like I could've been able to get help with the verification, IF I had asked before my account got locked out, but now support is refusing to help me because I was too persistent?

Any help/advice appreciated. Thank you

Trump tells government to stop using Anthropic's AI systems

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-bans-anthropic-government-use-rcna261055
1•kseniamorph•1m ago•1 comments

'Truly spectacular' drug for sleeping sickness raises hopes for eradication

https://www.science.org/content/article/truly-spectacular-drug-sleeping-sickness-simplifies-treat...
1•pseudolus•3m ago•0 comments

Tell HN: There's something weird happening with the front page algo

1•senko•3m ago•0 comments

Why SWE-bench Verified no longer measures frontier coding capabilities

https://openai.com/index/why-we-no-longer-evaluate-swe-bench-verified/
1•gmays•3m ago•0 comments

Frevana Launches AEO Agent Team to Help Brands Win the Answer Economy

https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/frevana-launches-aeo-agent-team-to-help-brands-win-the-...
1•leoliuv•4m ago•1 comments

Free Website Speed Test for Ecommerce: Find and Fix What's Slowing Sales

https://ecomhint.com/blog/ecommerce-website-speed-test
1•jakubrusniok•6m ago•0 comments

Trump orders US Government to cut ties with Anthropic

https://abcnews.com/Politics/anthropic-latest-pentagon-contract-bar-ai-autonomous-weapons/story?i...
8•SunshineTheCat•8m ago•0 comments

Newsom signed CA Bill mandating OS's implement age (identity) verification

https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/2026797750738891022
1•josephcsible•8m ago•0 comments

Orthogonal Wheel Sieve: Linear Scalability from 10^7 to 300B Primes

https://github.com/Claugo/segmented-sieve-wheel-m60-7
1•claugo•9m ago•2 comments

Discussion: What would an AI government look like?

1•philipfweiss•9m ago•0 comments

Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI technology

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-anthropic-ai-order-federal-agencies/
5•TrackerFF•9m ago•0 comments

West Virginia's Anti-Apple CSAM Lawsuit Would Help Child Predators Walk Free

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/25/west-virginias-anti-apple-csam-lawsuit-would-help-child-preda...
1•colinprince•10m ago•0 comments

Building an Agentic Bug Bounty Hunter on a Raspberry Pi 5

https://joe-b-security.github.io/posts/2026-02-27-haick-raspberry-pi-bugbounty/
1•joe-limia•11m ago•0 comments

Maiao: Gerrit-style stacked PR management for GitHub from the command line

https://github.com/adevinta/maiao
1•fanf2•15m ago•1 comments

The Best Is Still Hard to Be

https://benn.substack.com/p/the-best-is-still-hard-to-be
1•herbertl•16m ago•0 comments

President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729118/trump-anthropic-pentagon-openai-ai-weapons-ban
16•pkress2•16m ago•5 comments

The thieves are upset about theft

https://cyrusradfar.com/thoughts/the-thieves-are-upset-about-theft
2•cyrusradfar•17m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Your Expensive Lawyer Is Making Mistakes

https://findthefuckup.com/
5•jaggednad•18m ago•1 comments

Show HN: The Silent Filter

https://juanpabloaj.com/2026/02/27/the-silent-filter/
3•juanpabloaj•18m ago•0 comments

Zora Agent:local AI agent that can't be hijacked mid-task by context compaction

https://github.com/ryaker/zora
1•ryaker•20m ago•1 comments

Show HN: AgentGames.co – my interactive story game creator

https://agentgames.co
2•imightbekyle•20m ago•0 comments

Java framework for reliable, contract and graph based LLM execution

https://github.com/11divyansh/OxyJen
1•PaulHoule•23m ago•0 comments

Neocaml – Rubocop Creator's New OCaml Mode for Emacs

https://github.com/bbatsov/neocaml
1•TheWiggles•25m ago•0 comments

Are seed oils bad for your health?

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5453769/nutrition-canola-rfk-seed-oils-soybean
3•paulpauper•26m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Smart card eID driver written in Zig

https://github.com/ubavic/srb-id-pkcs11
1•ubavic•26m ago•0 comments

The hard problem of AI therapy

https://whitmanic.substack.com/p/the-hard-problem-of-ai-therapy
1•paulpauper•27m ago•0 comments

Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/us/politics/anthropic-military-ai.html
25•jbegley•27m ago•3 comments

Does overwork make agents Marxist?

https://aleximas.substack.com/p/does-overwork-make-agents-marxist
1•paulpauper•27m ago•0 comments

Refactoring Is for Humans

https://refactoringin.net/blog/refactoring-is-for-humans
1•darsen•29m ago•0 comments

Federal Government to restrict use of Anthropic

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/27/tech/anthropic-pentagon-deadline
6•twism•29m ago•0 comments