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Launch HN: Didit (YC W26) – Stripe for Identity Verification

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Re: Launch HN: Didit (YC W26) – Stripe for Identity Verification

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Post by sebmellen »

johnbatch wrote: post #62

Any specific features or plans on know your employees/ HR hiring workflows ?

I'm not affiliated with Didit, I run a separate company (https://cerebrum.com). We offer an IDV product and we work with a network of ~40 background screening companies in the US and are integrated to basically every ATS/HRIS system as a result.

If you are in the US, be extremely careful when implementing KYE/HR workflows due to FCRA risk. Glad to speak on this if you're interested or have a need! My email is sebastian @ .com

Re: Launch HN: Didit (YC W26) – Stripe for Identity Verification

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Post by whiplash451 »

rosasalberto wrote: post #38
vm64 wrote: post #35

Congrats on the launch! Hard to judge from just demo videos but the flow seems much nicer than those I’ve encountered in many apps. A couple questions: 1. Given that one of your offerings is a wallet for identity, how do you handle storing user biometric data and documents 2. I’m surprised AI age detection based on faces is accurate enough to be used for account decisions. Is there any specific standard your models a…

It’s not public yet — the identity wallet is still in private beta. The idea is that users control their identity. They create a Didit account where they can verify themselves, add credentials, revoke connections, or delete everything at any time. We don’t store raw biometrics or documents in the wallet layer — only derived attributes like estimated_age, is_human, is_unique, or a face embedding used for matching. Ser…

Unlike your other examples, a face embedding is PII (it is designed to uniquely identify a person). So you are storing PII.

Re: Launch HN: Didit (YC W26) – Stripe for Identity Verification

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Post by sebmellen »

whiplash451 wrote: post #64
rosasalberto wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not public yet — the identity wallet is still in private beta. The idea is that users control their identity. They create a Didit account where they can verify themselves, add credentials, revoke connections, or delete everything at any time. We don’t store raw biometrics or documents in the wallet layer — only derived attributes like estimated_age, is_human, is_unique, or a face embedding used for matching. Ser…

Unlike your other examples, a face embedding is PII (it is designed to uniquely identify a person). So you are storing PII.

Not only is it PII, it is also a biometric identifier under BIPA [0]. Perhaps moreso than a facial image alone (depending upon your interpretation of the law).

[0]: https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/publicacts/view/095-0994

> "Biometric identifier" means a retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or scan of hand or face geometry. Biometric identifiers do not include writing samples, written signatures, photographs, human biological samples used for valid scientific testing or screening, demographic data, tattoo descriptions, or physical descriptions such as height, weight, hair color, or eye color.

Re: Launch HN: Didit (YC W26) – Stripe for Identity Verification

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Post by rswail »

Looks like an awesome launch.

Given all the privacy breaches already in this space, what auditing are you planning to ensure that PII is not held anywhere in the stack after KYC/AML/ID confirmation?

This goes beyond ISO27K/HIPAA/SOC2 etc to an actual code/storage audit that confirms that PII is only held ephemerally and completely encrypted at rest otherwise, unavailable to anyone, including internal access and/or law enforcement etc.

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