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A digital ID that proves a real person is on the other side

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Fravash uses the chip in your passport or ID card to create a reusable digital ID that proves a real person is present, without revealing personal data like name or date of birth. It supports age verification, pseudonyms, and delegation, with easy integration for businesses.

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Fravash turns the chip already in your pocket into a digital ID: a reusable proof that a real person is here, held on your phone and readable by no one.

real_human

A real person is here

A genuine state-issued chip was read on this device.

age_over_18

Old enough

A yes or a no. The date behind it never leaves the phone.

pseudonym

The same person as before

Stable at one site, unlinkable across sites. One person, one account.

acting_for

An agent, sent by a person

An agent presents your proof and its mandate. The site learns a real human is behind it, not which one.

Step 01

Read the chip

Hold your passport or ID card to the phone. The app checks the issuing state's signature on the chip.

Step 02

Keep the key

A key is created in your phone's secure hardware. It cannot be exported, and only signs when you unlock it.

Step 03

Answer the question

You see what is being asked and why, then approve with Face ID or a fingerprint.

What a verifier receives

A signed answer to the question they asked.

A pseudonym that is stable for their site only.

An assurance record saying how the check was made.

What nobody receives

Your name, date of birth or document number.

Your photograph or anything from the chip.

A record linking what you did on one site to another.

Person to person

Send a link to anyone. They approve with Face ID or a fingerprint and you see one line back: a real human, verified. No integration, nothing installed on your side.

Ask → Approve → Verified real human

Useful the first time you use it, which is the point.

On your product

Twenty lines of code puts a gate in front of a sign-up, a checkout or a listing. A QR on desktop, a deep link on mobile, a webhook with the answer.

Request → Approve → Signed result

EU hosted, and no personal data to store.

acme.com asks: a real person, over 18. Purpose: create an account.

You approve with Face ID or a fingerprint. The key signs on the phone.

Verified. real_human true, age_over_18 true, pseudonym 5f3c. No name, no date of birth.

The person delegates

You approve a mandate on your phone: what the agent may do, for how long, at which sites. Signed by your key.

The agent presents

Proof and mandate travel together. The site learns a real human authorised this, never which one.

You can withdraw it

A mandate expires on its own and is revocable at any moment. Every use is listed in the app.

A web with real people in it.

The app is in closed testing and the SDK is open to a first group of teams.

Contact us

Tell us what you need to verify.

Every message is read by someone who can answer it.

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Key points

  • Fravash reads official chip signatures and generates a key in secure hardware, ensuring only the user can approve proofs.
  • Verifiers receive signed answers, site-specific pseudonyms, and assurance records, but no personal data or cross-site linking.
  • Supports person-to-person verification and 20-line code integration for businesses, with EU hosting and no personal data storage.
  • App in closed testing; SDK open to first teams.

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