I appreciate the sentiment I guess, but you can't really verify the human-ness of a poster. At best you can validate that at some point(s) they completed a human-is-present check. Doesn't necessarily mean anything about a given post. Moltbook (wow that feels like forever ago) has the inverse problem: you can just larp as a kooky bot. At best maybe you can do something like limit the number of bots to the number of people who are willing to set aside their personal credentials, which is probably way more bots than you can stand.
3.2. Identity verification through W Identity. To create a W Social account, you must first verify your identity through W Identity. W Identity operates an independent identity verification service that allows you to verify your identity once and then selectively share verified attributes with third-party applications under your control.
3.3. During the W Identity verification process, you will be asked to provide your phone number, email address, and date of birth, and to verify your identity using an official passport (via photo or NFC scan) and a selfie. This process is governed by W Identity’s own terms of service and privacy notice [...]
From the "W Identity" Play Store page:
Data that may be shared with other companies or organizations:
Personal info: Name, Email address, User IDs, and Other info
The number of websites and services with really bad ai layout and a perverted thirst for emails are skyrocketing lately... This has just a closed, undocumentd inhouse verification service on top. I can't find any useful info about the verififcation app.
It's flawed as well, all KYC-accounts are available for sale in many places, example Wise accounts, FB KYC verified accounts and so on, can buy by the thousands.
You can also just pay people to KYC (very easy) or do a "KYC Proxy with some DOM mirroring" with a fake service, ton of ways if you are a bit creative and have talent.
It does absolutely NOT prove that you are seeing human-made posts but incompetent users might believe so, I give them that.
On the day I have deleted all social network accounts bar Mastodon, as I have realised I just don't care anymore. Any one I want in my life, I have the phone number of, any one I can take or leave I don't. Mastodon is more than enough for exploring and finding interesting projects that I otherwise wouldn't have learned about.
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Privacy Policy:
3.2. Identity verification through W Identity. To create a W Social account, you must first verify your identity through W Identity. W Identity operates an independent identity verification service that allows you to verify your identity once and then selectively share verified attributes with third-party applications under your control.
3.3. During the W Identity verification process, you will be asked to provide your phone number, email address, and date of birth, and to verify your identity using an official passport (via photo or NFC scan) and a selfie. This process is governed by W Identity’s own terms of service and privacy notice [...]
From the "W Identity" Play Store page:
Data that may be shared with other companies or organizations:
Personal info: Name, Email address, User IDs, and Other info
Photos and videos: Photos
Location: Approximate location
Messages: Other in-app messages
Device or other IDs
You can also just pay people to KYC (very easy) or do a "KYC Proxy with some DOM mirroring" with a fake service, ton of ways if you are a bit creative and have talent.
It does absolutely NOT prove that you are seeing human-made posts but incompetent users might believe so, I give them that.
what, exactly, has "european" got to do with bieng a "verified human"
maybe I should ask a dog
My social network is IRC, never needed to reveal my ID behind my nickname.