ID verification
Proving who you're
ID verification is the process of confirming that someone is who they claim to be, typically by checking government-issued documents like a driver's license or passport.
Online services use ID verification to prevent fraud and comply with regulations: The app required ID verification before I could withdraw funds.
Methods range from uploading photos of documents to biometric checks like facial recognition.
- two-factor authenticationIdentity confirmation requiring two proofs
- biometric authenticationIdentity verification via body traits
- document scanningConverting paper to digital
- online bankingInternet financial services
- background checkInvestigation of someone's history
security clearance · liveness detection · facial recognition · passport · driver's license · digital signatures · notary · encryption algorithms · border control · ID badge
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
- authenticationpassword, login, logout, fingerprint, ID
- check-inguest registration, front desk, reservation, confirmation, key card
- hiringhiring, job, interview, resume, application
- student discountsstudent ID
- screeningshealth screening, drug test, cancer screening, prenatal screening, genetic screening
ID verificationanonymity
Unknown identity state
guest access · open access · anonymous browsing · incognito mode · burner account
ID verificationuntraceability
Impossible to track
plausible deniability · off-the-grid · cash payment · anonymization · going dark
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