Identity verification service
Identity Verification Services are online services used to establish a mapping from a person's online to their real life identity. These services are used by some social networking sites, Internet forums, dating sites and wikis to stop sockpuppetry, underage sign-ups, spamming and illegal activities like harassment and scams.
The identity confirmation process requires the individual who's identity is to be confirmed to provide personal data online, to the identity verification firm. The firm then checks public and private databases for a match and prompts the user to answer questions based on the records. An identity "score" is calculated, and the identity of the online user is either given the "verified" status, or not, based on the score.[1][2] Another method used by some firms (e.g. Phoneconfirm) is to attach the cyber identity of the user to their phone number. The user is required to SignUp with the service and then reply to a phone call from the company to establish the connection.[3]
References
- ^ Gupta, Jitendra (January 29, 2007). "Nobody Knows You're A Dog 2.0". ReadWriteWeb. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- ^ Weiss, Todd (December 10, 2002). "VeriSign unveils new online identity-verification services". ComputerWorld. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- ^ "PhoneConfirm Announces Phone Identity Verification". XTVworld. April 28, 2006. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
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