Is X (former Twitter) deploying a user verification system that uses ``self-taking and government-issued identification'' with paid subscription Blue?



X (formerly Twitter) has developed Blue (formerly Twitter Blue), a paid subscription service, granting authenticated badges to Blue users, giving priority to displaying replies, and sharing advertising revenue. We offer perks such as: It was reported that X is planning to deploy a user verification system using 'self-portrait and government-issued identification' as a countermeasure against impersonation of Blue users.

X may soon add ID verification for 'preventing impersonation' | Engadget

https://www.engadget.com/x-may-soon-add-id-verification-for-preventing-impersonation-190422905.html



Verifying Your Identity on Twitter Will Require Taking a Selfie | PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/news/verifying-your-identity-on-twitter-will-require-taking-a-selfie

Twitter to use Israeli software to require selfie, gov't-issued ID - The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-755505

Twitter Blue Tests Verification With Government ID and Selfie
https://gizmodo.com/twitter-x-verification-government-id-selfie-1850756394

Nima Owji , an app researcher who has discovered several unreleased features of X, posted a screenshot of an in-app message explaining ``ID verification of accounts provided by X'' on August 16, 2023 local time. Did. According to this in-app message, identity verification requires a 'government-issued ID' and a 'device with a camera', and you need to take a picture of your ID and your face with a camera and send it to X. That's what I'm talking about.



Looking at the note at the bottom, the user who performs ID verification says, ``In order to confirm your identity, X will share an image of your identification card including biometric data with a company called Au10tix , and personal information on your profile.'' For security purposes, including prevention, it is necessary for X to store and use images of identification cards and profile data containing biometric data for up to 30 days.'



Au10tix is an Israel-based identity verification service company that promotes ``only 8 seconds of verification that does not require human work'' and ``the world's first technology to detect synthetic fraud patterns''. Also, in the past, there are cases of cooperation with companies such as Google, PayPal, and Uber.

At the time of writing the article, X and Earon Mask did not mention this matter, and the details of ID verification were not disclosed. Therefore, it is unknown whether this user verification will be compulsory for Blue users or whether it will affect non-Blue users.



The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli daily English-language newspaper, points out that the existing certification mark distributed to Blue users can be easily obtained by fraudsters even if they pay a fee. Therefore, it seems that scammers are committing fraud such as attaching authentication marks to accounts with names similar to celebrities and companies and deceiving users to ask for personal information.

``This feature suggests that X is looking for new ways to combat spoofing on its platform,'' said technology media Engadget.

Related Posts:

in Web Service, Posted by log1h_ik