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Identity verification being eased
UKAuthority.com has a story that says that the government is easing some of the identity verification processes for its online services.
Changes are being made in the GOV.UK Verify process to give users more flexibility in how they prove their identity to the government.
The Cabinet Office has indicated that identity providers can check against a wider range of payment cards, less evidence will be required and some identity providers will accept photos of an individual and their passport instead of asking questions about credit history.
The changes about the type and number of documents which have to be produced to help identity seem pretty minimal though, and
There will also be more flexibility around the ‘second step’ of signing in to use a service, with the provision of an app that can generate a security code that is sent to the user’s landline phone. Previously it involved sending an SMS code to a mobile phone, which meant the user had to have a phone and be somewhere with a signal.
So now people, who are increasingly unlikely to have a landline phone, will be able to join in with all the fun of the process.
Update on the gov.uk ‘Verify’service ... the ‘new way to prove who you are online’, being built by the Government Digital Service…
Verify is currently in public beta and is being tested with users and departments and services, including -
- getting a state pension statement
- applying for universal credit
More @ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introducing-govuk-verify/introducing-govuk-verify
...And a right pain it is too. It refuses to recognize me (I’ve been attempting to obtain a pension statement) and I’ve had to give up on it.
...And a right pain it is too. It refuses to recognize me (I’ve been attempting to obtain a pension statement) and I’ve had to give up on it.
Blimey, been a curious sort, I followed the link and have just used the Post Office to successfully create a Verify account, using my driving license (which I loaded using my mobile phone) and passport details which I entered manually. Had to download an app to the phone and take a selfie but it all worked pretty smoothly for me, which is unusual when technology is involved.
It’s told me that The earliest you can get your State Pension is XX XXXX 2033 when you’ll be 67, your estimate is £175.61 a week
2033 feels like a long way away…..
...And a right pain it is too. It refuses to recognize me (I’ve been attempting to obtain a pension statement) and I’ve had to give up on it.
I failed with Experian, which wanted to know what month I started paying my mortgage (27 years ago). I succeeded with the Post Office though.
OH has just succeeded with the Post Office one so I shall try again. Experion told me I failed to exist. Which was nice.
Experion told me I failed to exist. Which was nice.
“Failed to exist” is such a great term - not only do you not exist but that’s actually something which is your own personal failing. Clearly you should be trying harder.
I decided existence is futile.
Existerminate, existerminate
I stared into Experian and Experian stared back.
:(
Past caring- Blinder!!
I had a go with the Post Office - I like the bit where I had to do the selfie and it confirmed I moved and was therefore a living being!
However, Paul, I am distraught that I retire in the same year as you, have worked all my life but am only going to get the basic £155.65 - you will definitely have to buy me a few pints when we’re pensioners!
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64?
Whatever the answer, I’ll stand you some pints Daphne.