Happy to opt in too.

Happy to give it go too.

You could just make the offers/wanted section safer like gpforums did when we had issues with scammers. 100 post minimum requirement and possibly a minimum membership length requirement on top. iirc since then(almost six years) there was 1 intentional scam since it changed.

Scammers will go for the easy targets, facebook is easier than forums these days.

I'm in.

freitasm:

 

I am planning on using a third-party service to verify identity. The verification code will be stored against accounts and people will be tagged as "ID verified".

 

Sounds good what third party are you thinking off , there is always a cost for ID verification will that be part of the geekzone membership cost?

I'll toss my hat in the ring as well (assuming there'll be a new badge 😉)

i signed up to only fans, but none of user names came up as valid.....what gives?

Although, i do have some new revenue, but that comes with it's own weird request section asking for sausage......off to the Aussie butcher tomorrow to fulfill that random category

@kingjj:

 

I'll toss my hat in the ring as well (assuming there'll be a new badge 😉)

 

Users will get the badge and a tick next to their names:

@Stu1:

 

Sounds good what third party are you thinking off , there is always a cost for ID verification will that be part of the geekzone membership cost?

 

I am thinking of using https://withpersona.com/ now that they have a free tier that fits our needs. 

Happy to jump in on this one 🙂

Here is a bit more on how this will work when fully implemented (I will try and cross out things as I do it):

- ID verification will be optional, except in specific cases.
- Moderators will be able to manually make ID verification mandatory in some edge cases
- Our internal systems will be able to automatically make ID verification in some edge cases

Tasks:

- Integrate verification code and platform (scripts, database) 
- Add the ID-verified tag to forum posts and public profile pages
- Release to beta testers so they can get ID-verified and show up in discussions with the appropriate tag (and badge!)
- Modify forums so that some will be open only to ID-verified users or users with a much higher post count than today's limits. These will be Offers/Wanted, Startups and Politics. 
- Introduce the manual/automated required ID verification for edge cases

Edge cases are for internal use only and may include users with suspicious activities, spammers, automated visitors or repeat offenders. 

freitasm:

 

I am thinking of using https://withpersona.com/ now that they have a free tier that fits our needs. 

 

Having a look at Persona, I'm not entirely sure I'd trust it. Their privacy policy is totally ambiguous as to how long they actually store the verification info (license copies, passport copies) - just claiming they decide "based on the risk of harm from unauthorized disclosure" (i.e. however long they like). The "Contact Us" links in their policy which they say to use to discuss with them regarding concerns about their privacy policy are all 404s, and the pricing page indicates that free tier customers cannot apply retention or redaction policies, so Persona decides how long they keep the information and customers can read drivers licenses and passport details. While I trust Geekzone not to do bad things with the details (and I'm fairly sure Mauricio doesn't even want access to them), the fact that Persona is an unknown who has the same access is concerning - as well as the fact that the service claims that usage is "at your own risk".

Only fans @freitasm @ShinyChrome

May I ask what documents or ID will members be required to produce to verify identification? where and how long would this data be held? If a member resigns membership will the ID information be destroyed? What security is applied to the stored ID data?

Kyanar:

 

freitasm:

 

I am thinking of using https://withpersona.com/ now that they have a free tier that fits our needs. 

 

 

Having a look at Persona, I'm not entirely sure I'd trust it. Their privacy policy is totally ambiguous as to how long they actually store the verification info (license copies, passport copies) - just claiming they decide "based on the risk of harm from unauthorized disclosure" (i.e. however long they like). The "Contact Us" links in their policy which they say to use to discuss with them regarding concerns about their privacy policy are all 404s, and the pricing page indicates that free tier customers cannot apply retention or redaction policies, so Persona decides how long they keep the information and customers can read drivers licenses and passport details. While I trust Geekzone not to do bad things with the details (and I'm fairly sure Mauricio doesn't even want access to them), the fact that Persona is an unknown who has the same access is concerning - as well as the fact that the service claims that usage is "at your own risk".

 

We might not have access to policies but still can manually redact accounts: