Tinder Boosts Security with New ID Verification System: Say Goodbye to Catfish!
Highlights:
- Tinder introduces advanced ID verification system in the US, UK, Brazil, and Mexico.
- The move aims to combat fake profiles, or “catfish,” on the platform.
- Users now required to submit a video selfie along with a valid driver’s license or passport.
Tinder is making its app safer for people in the US, UK, Brazil, and Mexico. They’re introducing a new way for users to prove they’re real by verifying their identity. Now, you’ll need to take a video selfie and upload a photo of your driver’s license or passport. This is to stop fake profiles, known as catfish, from tricking people.
Before, Tinder only asked for photos or video selfies to verify users. Now, they want official ID too. After you upload your ID, Tinder will check if it matches your video selfie and the photos on your profile. They’ll also check your age from your ID.
If sharing your ID feels uncomfortable, you can still verify with just a video selfie. But your profile will have a blue camera badge instead of a blue checkmark.
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Tinder tested this in New Zealand and Australia last year, and now it’s coming to more countries. The UK and Brazil will get it by spring, and the US and Mexico by summer. So, fake profiles won’t have much time left to fool people.
This isn’t the same as Tinder’s background check feature, which they stopped using recently. They teamed up with a non-profit called Garbo in 2019 for background checks. But they split up because they couldn’t agree on payments and how to use the tool. Garbo’s CEO said she didn’t want the partnership to change Garbo’s goals for safety.
