[LRUG] Identity services

[Dmitri Grabov]

Check out https://onfido.com/ . They have a very nice API as well

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Tommy Palmer <hi at tommyp.org> wrote:

> It might be worth knowing further to Tom’s response that Experian is one
> of the Identity Assurance Providers used by GOV.UK Verify.
>
>
> On 11 May 2016 at 22:01:41, Tom Blomfield (tomblomfield at gmail.com) wrote:
>
> It's often called "Identification & Verification" or ID&V.
>
> Useful to split out two concepts;
>
> 1. Is the information provided linked to a real person? You can use
> databases for this, and it costs between £0.25 - £1 for a range of checks,
> depending on scale and the provider you choose. There are lots - they're
> basically a commodity. GBGroup, Experian etc etc.
>
> 2. Is the person on the other end of the screen/device the person they
> claim to be (anti-impersonation). This is more interesting, and there are
> no silver bullets. Generally you'd take a risk-based approach with tiered
> checks depending on the behaviour of the user. You might send a small
> amount of money to the bank account provided, post a confirmation code to
> the physical address or send SMS confirmation codes to mobile phones. You
> could take pictures of the user's face and compare it to an ID document.
> There are many more things you can do, depending on how costly your risks
> are.
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 9:51 PM, Mark Blackman <mark at blackmans.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> > On 11 May 2016, at 21:43, Andrew Premdas <apremdas at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey there,
>> >
>> > We need some way of knowing that people who register to use our service
>> are who they say they are. This needs to go a bit further than email
>> address confirmation. Has anyone done any of this stuff, or perhaps used
>> some service that does this for you. Looking for a Stripe for ID :)
>>
>> If you’re prepared to pay for each check, you can use services like GB
>> group ID3Global, http://www.gbgplc.com/uk/products/gbg-id3global/. I
>> used to use this when it was called URU and it can confirm addresses and
>> date of births based on other address and DoB sources. Obviously, if the
>> person in question has gone to some effort to lay down a false trail, it
>> won’t help but it defeats casual efforts.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mark
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