A picture of your passport or driver’s license must be uploaded.
Tinder has made the announcement that it will be introducing a sophisticated ID verification system to the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Mexico. The amount of catfish that are swimming about the old dating pool is being reduced as part of an ongoing endeavour to limit the number thereof. It is necessary for users to upload a valid driver’s licence or passport in addition to taking a video selfie in order to use the new system.
Users of Tinder have been asked to take images or videos of themselves as part of the verification procedure for quite some time. This would result in a blue checkmark being displayed to demonstrate that the person is genuine. The things pertaining to the passport and the driver’s licence are new. After the ID has been uploaded, Tinder will examine it to determine whether or not it corresponds with the video selfie and the photographs that are currently on your profile. In order to verify your age, it will also check the date of birth that is printed on your driver’s licence or passport.
If the thought of uploading your identification to a dating app makes you feel uncomfortable, you can still get verified by just taking a video selfie when you use the app. Your profile, on the other hand, will receive a blue camera icon badge rather than a blue checkmark symbol.
Tinder began testing this approach in New Zealand and Australia as early as the previous year, and given the wider rollout, it appears to have been a success throughout the entire process. The revised verification tool will be available in the United Kingdom and Brazil by the spring, and in the United States and Mexico by the summer. In other words, there are only a few more months left for catfish to carry out their natural behaviour. You, artificial intelligence catfish, are included in this.
In contrast to the recently discontinued background check tool on Tinder, which was powered by the non-profit organisation Garbo, this should not be mistaken with it. Tinder and Garbo have collaborated to include a comprehensive background check tool within the Tinder app in 2019. This tool will screen people for any history of violent behaviour.
Disagreements around fees and the most effective way to utilise the application ultimately led to Garbo’s decision to terminate his relationship with Match Group, the parent company of Tinder. The Chief Executive Officer of Garbo stated that she would prefer to withdraw from the agreement rather than let “the vision of Garbo to be compromised and relegated to a piece of big corporations’ marketing goals.”