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Hey all, Mike Krieger (Instagram co-founder) here. Just wanted to offer some clarification since there's some speculation about the reason & scope for the veri
by mikeyk 14y ago
Hey all,
Mike Krieger (Instagram co-founder) here. Just wanted to offer some clarification since there's some speculation about the reason & scope for the verification mentioned in the article.
When we receive evidence of a violation of our site policies, we respond. This isn't a recent change, but the way we've run our community from the beginning. In some specific cases, for verification purposes, we request that people upload a government issued ID in response. This is the case for a very small percentage of accounts, and doesn't affect most Instagram users. The ID is used only for account verification, and not retained permanently.
Hope that helps clarify things a bit.
- kevinSuttle 14y agoOne more reason to gladly pay Flickr. Sayonara Instamine.
- GuiA 14y ago>The ID is used only for account verification, and not retained permanently. Do you ask to cover the license number/address as well, the way Facebook.com does? If yes, doesn't it make it trivially easy to send a fake picture of a license your way?
- joering2 14y ago> and not retained permanently Mike, how can you be a "software engineer" and make a statement like that?
- capnrefsmmat 14y ago> In some specific cases, for verification purposes, we request that people upload a government issued ID in response. Verification of what?
- znowi 14y ago> Hope that helps clarify things a bit. Yes, it helps. Now I'm even more convinced how corrupt your company is.
- VeejayRampay 14y agoIt DOES clarify things. Maybe not the way you'd like though.