FaceIQ helps prove that the person behind an online interaction is the real human they claim to be.
It is built for the moments where trust matters but the platform gives you almost nothing: a dating-app match before meeting, a marketplace seller before payment, a child-safety check, or any message thread where impersonation, catfishing, synthetic media, or stolen profile photos create risk.
A person opens FaceIQ in the browser.
They show their driver’s licence.
FaceIQ asks the phone to confirm the person holding it with Face ID or Android biometrics.
Then FaceIQ gives the sender a plain result: Verified or Could not verify.
No scoring dashboard. No technical maze. Just a fast answer to the question: is this the real person?
Online identity has shifted from “is this account real?” to “is this the real person behind the account?”
FaceIQ targets that gap:
- Catfish and romance-scam defence — verify before meeting, sending money, or sharing private details.
- Marketplace trust — reduce risk when dealing with unknown buyers or sellers.
- Child-safety checks — help parents confirm who a child is really interacting with.
- Creator and community trust — give real people a way to prove presence without forcing every platform to build its own identity layer.
The current public demo is intentionally simple: four screens, one action per screen, and a buyer-friendly result.
- Start check
- Show the driver’s licence
- Run the phone biometric check
- See the result
Live demo: https://faceiq-kmfw.onrender.com/
FaceIQ is a Ric Richardson invention with patent-pending protection. It is suited to partners operating in identity, trust and safety, online dating, marketplaces, child safety, social platforms, and fraud prevention.
For licensing, partnership, or pilot discussions, contact Ric Richardson via the RicRicho GitHub profile.
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