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Document authentication

Techniques for testing whether a physical credential is real, including scanning under infrared and ultraviolet light to reveal embedded security features and machine checks of printing detail.

Current clusters

leadership4 publishers

Stolen infrared and UV scans put the document check itself inside the IDScan.net breach

IDScan.net is notifying people about names and ID numbers and offering credit monitoring, while the records Brian Krebs examined each carried infrared and ultraviolet captures, the layer that document authentication actually tests.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 22%
Operator
Operator 59%
Investor
Investor 19%

Reality

Evidence82
Adoption68
Hype gap+12
Incentives55
Confidence76