News about iProov. According to Metropoler, the company discovered a dark web group in Latin America.
The group is
“amassing a substantial collection of identity documents and corresponding facial images, specifically designed to defeat Know Your Customer (KYC) verification processes. Rather than traditional theft, these identities may have been obtained through compensated participation, with individuals willingly providing their image and documentation in exchange for payment.”
To uncover such fraudulent activity, a mere government ID to selfie comparison is not enough, since both are from a real person. You need more sophisticated checks such as liveness detection, which iProov offers. You can find iProov’s ISO 30107-3 Presentation Attack Detection Level 2 confirmation letters on iBeta’s page.
But why?
Why would anyone sell their identity, either legitimately (to the World ex Worldcoin folks) or illegitimately (to this dark web outfit)?
Sadly, desperation. If you have a basic need to eat, who cares who is using your ID and what they’re doing with it?
Bredemarket 