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Re: Stripe Identity

#21

The pricing link on the top doesn't refer to any pricing section on the page. Is it missing? Edit: This seems to be an internationalization problem. I am from India. The pricing section for Indian page https://stripe.com/en-in/identity#pricing is missing so the link doesn't work.

Identity isn't available in India today, but that anchor link is indeed broken (we'll fix this now—thank you!).

Re: Stripe Identity

#22
post #4

If Stripe were to get hacked who would pay the GDPR fine?

In their TOS and Privacy Policy it’s made clear they are also data controllers. Unless you contribute to the breach it would almost certainly fall on them.

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Re: Stripe Identity

#23
Oh man, really excited about this. I'm curious how far Stripe wants to go down the path of KYC-related products... it feels like a huge market with a lot of pain points where having Stripe-quality APIs would be amazing.

Re: Stripe Identity

#24
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How does this work?

It's actually pretty cool (IMO; I'm biased). Drop-in browser-based user authentication that: * Uses various sophisticated heuristics to detect real vs fake IDs. * Matches the ID to the human face. * Detects whether the human face is live or not. * Dynamically requests more or less information depending on the confidence level. It also gets better over time based on the attacks and fraud attempts that Stripe itself se…

This is amazing. Did you build all of the scanning logic yourselves?

We’re exploring different options for scanning IDs like Anyline and BlinkID right now, but this looks incredibly well suited for what we’re building and would save us a tremendous amount of time if it works.

Re: Stripe Identity

#26

The Stripe Identity product is fantastic. Some of the most impressive things: 1. If you are at a desktop, there is an easy transition to using your phone to take a picture of your ID (or a selfie if that's the use case - it will match selfies with ID photos), and then complete verification on the desktop. 2. It does all the image analysis (i.e. is the ID in focus, etc.) in browser without the need for a native app.

This almost proves that webapps are a competitive substitute to AppStores - making the consumer detriment very hard to prove in the current anti-trust framework.

Re: Stripe Identity

#27
Cross posting this from Twitter but please consider marketing to states. They are using a company called IDMe to verify eligibility for benefits in the US and a family member (and thousands of others) have wasted days on the phone with them trying to get them to do verifications because their automatic verification tech does not work. (There are class actions against this co they are so bad)

Re: Stripe Identity

#28
This is a refreshingly affordable and beneficial offering.

I did a deep-dive on KYC providers last year. The more well-known folks commanded 5 figure setup fees, wanted 1 to 2 year commitments, and sought to have you pre-pay for verifications. It reminded me of internet credit card processing pre-Stripe.

Re: Stripe Identity

#29
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If Stripe were to get hacked who would pay the GDPR fine?

In their TOS and Privacy Policy it’s made clear they are also data controllers. Unless you contribute to the breach it would almost certainly fall on them.

Yep, Stripe would be the data controller in this situation (and we comply with GDPR). https://support.stripe.com/questions/managing-your-id-verifi...
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