[LRUG] Identity services

[Pericles Theodorou]

I second Ondifo for background checks.

On Wed, 11 May 2016 at 22:12, Dmitri Grabov <d.grabov at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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