> The coveted blue tick can be difficult to obtain and is supposed to assure that anyone who bears one is who they claim to be...hopefully paving the way to lucrative endorsements and a coveted social status. Gross
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Fake musicians: a million-dollar Instagram verification scheme
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Re: Fake musicians: a million-dollar Instagram verification scheme
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's called having an account. If you see a post from @asdf then the post came from @asdf. No one else can make posts as @asdf.
What about if someone pretending to be @asdf makes an account with his name? Or, if he is hacked? Both of these seem like reasonable problems to solve with a verification or signing service. One is solved by verifying the identity of the user once, while the other would be more like each git commit.
Ony one person is able to own @asdf. If you are hacked you can be impersonated in any scheme.
Re: Fake musicians: a million-dollar Instagram verification scheme
#103You can buy those starting from about $1000. I never tried but the service includes spinning up fake media coverage, usually a wiki article they guard until verified and then having the right connections.
As said I never tried, but the reality is there are plenty of offerings for this on the open market.
Not to mention you can buy verified accounts sometimes for less than $1000 as well.