Frequently Asked Questions
37 answers about human verification, biometric privacy, and POY Verify.
Is biometric verification safe?
Yes, when implemented correctly. POY Verify processes biometrics entirely on your device's Secure Enclave - a physically isolated hardware chip. No bi...
Can AI fake a liveness check?
Current AI deepfakes can fool camera-only software systems, but they cannot fool hardware-based liveness detection. POY Verify uses 3D depth sensors, ...
What happens if my phone is stolen?
Remote wipe your device via Find My iPhone or Android Device Manager. This permanently destroys the private key in the Secure Enclave, immediately inv...
Does POY Verify store my face?
No. POY Verify never sees, stores, or transmits your face. Your device's Secure Enclave processes biometric data locally, generates a cryptographic ha...
How is POY Verify different from CAPTCHA?
CAPTCHAs verify a single interaction and are increasingly solvable by AI. POY Verify creates a permanent cryptographic credential - verify once, trust...
Is POY Verify really free?
Yes, forever. Proving you are human should never cost money. POY Verify is free for individuals with no trial period, no freemium limitations, and no ...
What data does POY Verify collect?
POY Verify stores only your public key (designed to be public), your device class (e.g., "smartphone"), and your enrollment timestamp. No names, email...
Can someone copy my verification badge?
No. POY verification is not a visual badge that can be screenshotted. It is a cryptographic signature mathematically bound to specific content. Copyin...
How long does verification take?
30 seconds. Open POY Verify, allow camera access, complete a brief liveness check, and your cryptographic badge is generated. The entire process happe...
Does POY Verify work on all phones?
POY Verify works on any modern smartphone with a Secure Enclave or equivalent (iPhone 5s and later, Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy S-series, and most An...
What is a content stamp?
A content stamp is a cryptographic signature embedded in content (photo, video, text) that proves a verified human created it. The stamp is invisible,...
Can I use POY Verify anonymously?
Yes. POY Verify proves you are a real human without knowing who you are. No name, email, or identity is required. You can be completely anonymous whil...
What is a Trust Score?
A numerical representation of your verified trustworthiness based on accumulated verification signals. Starts at 50, maximum 100. Increases through bi...
How does POY Verify prevent deepfakes?
Instead of trying to detect deepfakes (a losing battle), POY Verify proves content was created by a verified human. Content stamped with POY carries c...
Is POY Verify decentralized?
Partially. Biometric processing and key generation are fully decentralized (on-device). The verification registry (mapping public keys to enrollment s...
What happens if POY Verify shuts down?
Your private key remains on your device. Previously stamped content retains its cryptographic signatures. POY is building toward an open protocol stan...
Can employers require POY Verify?
POY Verify is designed for voluntary use. Unlike employer-mandated biometric systems (which face BIPA challenges), POY is user-controlled and privacy-...
How does cross-platform verification work?
Each platform receives a unique derived key generated from your master key using HD (Hierarchical Deterministic) key derivation. Your identity on Plat...
What if I get a new phone?
Re-enroll on your new device. The process takes 30 seconds. Your old device's enrollment can be revoked remotely. Your trust score and verification hi...
Is POY Verify GDPR compliant?
Yes, by architecture rather than policy. POY processes biometric data only on the user's device (user is the data controller). No biometric data is tr...
How do platforms integrate POY Verify?
Two lines of code. Install the SDK (npm install @poyverify/sdk), initialize with your API key, and call poy.verify(userId). The API returns verified/n...
What is the difference between POY Verify and World ID?
World ID requires visiting a physical Orb location for iris scanning, processes biometrics centrally, and is tied to a cryptocurrency token. POY Verif...
Can POY Verify be used for voting?
Yes. POY's proof of personhood ensures one-human-one-vote for online polls, DAO governance, petitions, and digital referendums. Biometric liveness at ...
What industries need POY Verify?
Any industry where trust matters: social media (bot prevention), dating apps (fake profile elimination), e-commerce (review authentication), financial...
How does POY Verify make money?
API licensing to platforms. Platforms pay per verification call. Free tier for development and testing. Usage-based pricing for production. Enterprise...
Is POY Verify quantum-resistant?
Current cryptography (ECDSA P-256) is secure against all known classical attacks. POY has a migration path to CRYSTALS-Dilithium (NIST post-quantum st...
Can I delete my POY Verify account?
Yes. Delete the cryptographic key from your device's Secure Enclave at any time. This permanently and irreversibly destroys your enrollment. Since POY...
How accurate is biometric liveness detection?
Hardware-based liveness detection (as used by POY Verify) achieves 99.9%+ accuracy with near-zero false acceptance rates. The combination of 3D depth ...
What is zero-knowledge architecture?
Zero-knowledge architecture means the system proves a fact (you are human) without revealing any underlying information (who you are, what you look li...
Does POY Verify track my location?
No. POY Verify does not request, collect, or store location data. No GPS, no IP geolocation, no cell tower data. The verification system is entirely l...
How is this better than a blue checkmark?
Blue checkmarks verify identity (who you are) and can be purchased for $8/month. POY Verify proves humanity (what you are) through cryptographic proof...
Can someone verify on behalf of another person?
No. Biometric liveness detection requires the actual enrolled user to be physically present. The Secure Enclave requires biometric authentication (Fac...
What is the Dead Internet Theory?
The hypothesis that a significant portion of internet activity is generated by bots and AI rather than real humans. Recent data supports this: 64% of ...
How do I verify content was made by a human?
Check the content for a POY stamp. Platforms integrated with POY display a "Verified Human" indicator. Developers can verify any stamp through the POY...
What countries does POY Verify work in?
POY Verify works in every country with smartphone access. The on-device architecture requires no country-specific infrastructure, servers, or data cen...
Can businesses use POY Verify for KYC?
POY Verify is not a KYC replacement for regulated financial services that legally require identity verification. It is a complement - adding liveness ...
What makes POY Verify different from other identity verification companies?
One thing: what happens to your data. Every competitor (Jumio, Veriff, Persona, Sumsub, iProov) collects, transmits, and stores biometric data on thei...
About POY Verify
POY Verify is the first universal human verification system built on zero-data architecture. Unlike traditional identity verification services that collect, transmit, and store your biometric data on their servers, POY Verify processes everything inside your smartphone's Secure Enclave - a physically separate processor with its own encrypted memory that even the operating system cannot access. No biometric data ever leaves your device. No personal information is ever collected. No databases exist to breach.
The system works in 30 seconds: your device's hardware sensors (3D depth cameras, infrared emitters, and motion detectors) confirm a living human is physically present. A cryptographic key pair is generated inside the Secure Enclave. The private key never leaves the device. The public key is registered with POY's verification registry. You are now a verified human on the internet - with zero personal data exposed.
Why Human Verification Matters
The internet was built without a way to prove a human being is on the other end of a connection. This architectural gap has created a trust crisis of unprecedented scale. Over 64% of all web traffic is now non-human - bots, scrapers, and automated agents that create fake accounts, post fake reviews, manipulate engagement metrics, and impersonate real people. Deepfake technology has increased 500% since 2024, enabling AI-generated faces, voices, and videos that are indistinguishable from real humans. Deepfake-enabled fraud exceeded $25 billion in losses in 2025 alone.
Traditional verification methods have failed to keep pace. CAPTCHAs are solved by AI with 99.8% accuracy. Phone verification is bypassed by SIM farms selling numbers for cents. Email verification is defeated by disposable address services. Document uploads create massive data breach liability while excluding the 1.4 billion people worldwide who lack government-issued identification. The tools of fraud have outpaced the tools of verification.
POY Verify exists to close this gap. By using hardware-based biometric liveness detection with zero data collection, it provides definitive proof that a real human is present - without the privacy sacrifices, regulatory burden, or exclusion that traditional methods create. The result is a verification layer that works for every human, on every platform, in every country, at zero cost to the individual.
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6-Signal Trust System
How biometric, email, phone, device, voice, and social signals build a 0-100 trust score.
Content Stamps vs Copyright
Why cryptographic proof beats watermarks and the Copyright Office.
The POY Protocol
Full technical whitepaper on zero-knowledge human verification.
API Documentation
9 core endpoints with code examples in JavaScript and Python.
Trust Center
Security architecture, compliance certifications, and data handling.
Case Studies
How fintech, social, and healthcare platforms use POY Verify.
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