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- "Привет, ты Ваня?"
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Well, it all depends on the context. Say he's one of your best friend's best very good friend and you have been hearing from him for a long time. Another context in which I can imagine such an asking is if they know each other only through the Internet and have never met personally. But I'm just throwing theories into the air.
It's a general rule, but it's not as strong in real life. If I'm meeting up with a young adult my age that I see for the first time, I will most likely say привет. But then there's people who would say здравствуйте in the same situation, because they might see it as more polite + they'd like to keep distance with someone they've just met. If you're not sure, go with здравствуйте. The worst thing that can happen is that can you come off overly polite.
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If this was the opposite way around, translating into Russian, Duo would mark me wrong for using привет. Since you don't know the person, you wouldn't be using the informal.