Reverse the order of identity verification steps
What does this MR do and why?
Related to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/modelops/anti-abuse/team-tasks/-/issues/521.
Reverse the order of identity verification steps
From
- Credit Card
- Phone Number
to
- Phone Number
- Credit Card
Note:
All users are require email verification, medium risk users require email and phone verification and high risk users require email, phone, and credit card verification.
Why?
This increases the barrier to entry for malicious users who are looking to abuse phone number and credit card verification endpoints by requiring new users to verify their email first.
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