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Re:Namecheap live chat social engineering leads to loss of 2... by enraged_camel on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @12:25PM (#11480947)
Amazon has the resources to go through intensive identity verification processes. And so do banks.

Most tech companies (especially startups) don't.

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Re:Namecheap live chat social engineering leads to loss of 2... by nrb on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @12:48PM (#11481179)
Doesn't this sound like something a startup can come in and alleviate? Anyone have any recommendations for identity verification as a service?
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Re:Namecheap live chat social engineering leads to loss of 2... by bostik on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @01:36PM (#11481685)
Oh, there's nothing new about that. Startups have identified and entered the space long ago, and the survivors have grown.

So KYC as a service is certainly a thing, and I know of two: Tracesmart & Onfido.

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Re:Namecheap live chat social engineering leads to loss of 2... by DasIch on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @01:35PM (#11481664)
There are at least two such services in Germany WebID[1] and PostID[1] (not to be confused with the older PostIdent that requires identification at a post office).

I haven't used PostID yet but with WebID you basically have a Skype video call where you show them your ID.

[1]: https://www.webid-solutions.de/en/ [2]: https://www.deutschepost.de/de/p/postid.html

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