Online verification startup ThisIsMe is like ecommerce for your identity

In the famous words of former US president Ronald Reagan during the Cold War, “Trust, but verify.” This is the philosophy attached to ThisIsMe — a South African startup out to help proof that your online self is real.

“The gap is simple. Everything people do today online is based on trust,” explains company CTO David Thomas. Online tasks that have succumbed with fraud, phishing attacks and scams can include everything we do online from finding a date, buying her expensive jewellery and then signing up for health insurance.

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