Today people are engaging in more and more activities in the digital world, whether it’s buying or selling goods, meeting each other, for leisure or the countless other activities that people can partake in.
That is why the issue of identity is becoming of paramount importance when dealing with people online. An increasingly common type of crime is – romance fraud – in which women are scammed out of significant amounts of money by crafty fraudsters.
When it comes to online activities, everyone should strive to minimise risk especially when it comes to their safety, and then to their other interests.
Take buying and selling goods online for example. Blocket, Tradera and Facebook Marketplace are huge in Sweden, so when using one of these platforms wouldn’t it feel safer to know the identity of the person you are dealing with just in case?
What Freja provides is the verified identity of the ‘other’ person, peeling back the curtain of anonymity of the Internet that potential fraudsters may hide behind.
How to Identify Others Online
To send data, one must have a verified identity in Freja with their photo and ID document. This data is used to create a digital ID card that is used for identification.
You can share your data and identity with others by finding the ‘Share My Data‘ action on the Freja home screen. You can do it via a temporary link, message, social media etc.
In this way one can be safe with the knowledge that they have the other person’s verified identity just in case.
Physical Identification in Freja
As mentioned above, the digital ID card in Freja can also be used for physical identification. It can simply be shown on the screen and checked by the other person, as with any ID card.
The digital ID card in Freja also comes with several security features to prevent identity fraud.
