Tinder’s ID verification feature will soon target catfishing globally

Tired of being adapted to Tinder? From this year, you will be able to focus on profiles with verified identifiers, regardless of your location, which facilitates the filtration of people who may not be to whom they claim to be. Following its availability in Japan, Tinder announced that its identification verification feature will soon be held to all its users around the world.

This expansion will take place “in the coming quarters,” said Tinder, explaining that the verification of identity is delicate and that his documentation requirements vary depending on the location. The verification of identifiers has been a functionality available to users in Japan since 2019, providing a way to make sure you talk to the person presented on the profile.

Amadoua users must provide the necessary documents to verify their identity with TINDER, which recognizes that some people can be reluctant to provide these documents on privacy concerns. For this reason, the verification functionality of the identifiers will be voluntary at launch, but the language of the company indicates that this can become a requirement at a given time.

In a declaration on the verification of the identifiers, the VP of the security and the defense of the social security of the company, said:

We know that in many parts of the world and in traditionally marginalized communities, people might have imperative reasons they can not or do not want to share their real identity with an online platform. Create a truly fair solution for verification of identifiers is a difficult, but critical security project and we are looking for our communities as well as experts to help inform our approach.

Tinder’s Rory Kozoll has shown that the company takes a “test and learning approach” to its identification verification deployment. Expert recommendations will be considered as part of its expansion of characteristics, as well as feedback from users and laws and regulations in each region.