Passive signals

Detect more fraud with passive signals. Collect behavioral, device, and network signals to catch more bad actors without adding friction.
Catch more fraud in real time

Silently collect behavioral and device signals and automatically deny fraudsters or add friction for users with risky signals.

Easily detect repeat fraudsters and fraud rings

Automatically compare devices, IP addresses, and users to catch and block repeat bad actors and coordinated fraud rings.

Enrich user profiles with background signals

Get more signals and build holistic user risk profiles to inform decisions during the customer life cycle.

Improve fraud detection across the life cycle

Collect passive signals during identity verification and extend coverage across the user journey with Sentinel SDK. Use signals independently or cross-reference them to spot inconsistencies that may indicate fraud.

Improve fraud detection across the life cycle

Improve fraud vector capture with multi-signal ensembles

Persona's ensemble models compare signal patterns against their corresponding global distributions, flagging statistically unusual activity as a potential fraud indicator.

Improve fraud vector capture with multi-signal ensembles

Streamline and improve fraud decisioning accuracy

Build rich fraud rules that use both verification checks and passive signals for a more complete picture of fraud risk. Run decisions natively in Persona or integrate with your own platform.

Streamline and improve fraud decisioning accuracy

Key features

Automatically collect a variety of passive signals

Behavioral signals
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Monitor how users interact with your identity verification flow and detect unusual behavioral patterns.

Examples:

  • Hesitation or distraction events

  • Time to completion

  • Suspicious submission metadata

Network signals
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Identify connection origin, routing, and other network attributes to detect signs of obfuscation.

Examples:

  • Proxy (e.g., VPN or Tor) usage

  • IP velocity

  • Impossible travel

Device and app signals
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Detect signs of device or app modification that may indicate fraud.

Examples:

  • Rooted or emulated device signals

  • Metadata-to-hardware mismatch

  • Official Apple and Google app integrity signals

Population-level signals
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Compare signals against data aggregated across Persona's network to surface repeat fraud patterns.

Examples:

  • ID or selfie repeats

  • Selfie micro-feature analysis

  • Forged ID detail cluster analysis

Visual signals
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Surface subtle discrepancies between selfies and ID portraits that are difficult to detect with the naked eye.

Examples:

  • ID tampering risk

  • Deepfake risk level 

  • Selfie-to-DOB mismatch

How teams can use passive signals

“With Persona, we can check government IDs and selfie liveness in real time to make sure users are the right age and cross-reference multiple risk signals to help us figure out whether to approve or decline users.”

JJ Foster
Trust and safety manager at Coffee Meets Bagel
Coffee Meets Bagel builds trust and safety and verifies users 99.9% faster with Persona’s automated & user-friendly identity platform
Integrate signals with Persona Marketplace

With Persona Marketplace, you can integrate signals from top data platforms into your risk analysis processes to make better decisions and streamline operations.