World ID forAccount Recovery

Protect account access and strengthen recovery. World ID sets the unbeatable standard of human trust for the age of AI.

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A valid credential can hide an account takeover.

World ID works alongside your existing controls and risk signals, helping your teams verify humanness before recovering access.

Give your access policies added evidence about the human present before a risky sign-in, factor reset or privileged action proceeds.

Use supported human continuity authentication to help confirm that the same verified human returns during recovery, alongside your existing account ownership checks.

Protect your platform and user accounts without compromising user privacy. Your business and the World ID app only receive anonymous, decentralized cryptographic Proofs and signals. No personal information shared or stored.

World ID For Account Recovery

22% of breaches involve account access credential abuse. [1]

Credential theft and compromised devices can make attackers look legitimate. Add human assurance at critical moments, from factory resets to account recovery.

World ID helps you confirm there’s a human behind the process while preserving privacy and keeping the experience simple.

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Where it matters

Financial services

Protect clients and business accounts and their assets from high risk takeovers.

E-commerce

Strengthen confidence around changes to payout and payment details.

Social media

Help protect creator access and instill safer online communities.

Legal & professional services

Ensure confidential matters remain that way.

Government & public sector

Secure sensitive briefings and strengthen foundational identity systems.

Academia & research

Uphold academic integrity and prevent research fraud.

Healthcare

Protect valuable IP and patient confidentiality.

What integration requires

  1. 1

    Explore your priority workflow

    We’ll explore where account takeover creates risk for your business and where World ID Proofs could help.

  2. 2

    Demo

    Walk through relevant product integrations or a custom flow, including what information your business receives.

  3. 3

    Map the path to a pilot

    Review integration options, authentication requirements, availability and fallback policies for your chosen workflow.

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Choose the Plugin your business requires

World ID Video Check

High risk video transactionsProof of Human

World ID Video Check confirms that the person behind the screen matches the person shown on screen, and that they’re actually human.

Device used:
The Orb
Setup time:
~3-4 minutes
Reuse time:
~20 seconds
Verify

World ID Verify

High risk transactionsProof of Human

World ID Verify uses in-person verification to confirm a user is a unique human and verifies them as the same returning individual.

Device used:
The Orb
Setup time:
~3-4 minutes
Reuse time:
~20 seconds
Live Check

World ID Live Check

Day-to-day transactionsProof of Presence

World ID Live Check uses a selfie photo to confirm a human is present and authenticates them as the same returning individual.

Device used:
Mobile device
Setup time:
~1 minute
Reuse time:
~20 seconds

Adopt the unbeatable standard of trust for the age of AI.

Tell us about your business priorities and we’ll guide you through the right solutions.

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FAQ

World ID complements your detection and security stack with an active human assurance. Your business decides where authentication fits in its challenge flow and which traffic to allow, limit, review or deny account access.

World ID adds human assurance alongside your existing identity, authentication and fraud prevention controls. Your business connects authentication results to accounts and retains control of access and review.

Your business establishes the authorized account connection and retains its ownership checks; World ID for Account Recovery helps confirm that the same human returns later.

It depends which World ID Proof your business integrates. Proof of Human requires Orb verification. It is the highest level of assurance, only made possible by encrypted and anonymous hardware verification at the Orb. The other Proofs do not require Orb verification and can be claimed via mobile device for day-to-day, low stakes transactions.

Requirements depend on the Plugin you choose to integrate. In a demo, we’ll review enrollment, repeat authentication and availability for your workflow.

Book a demo with our team to learn about enterprise pricing to integrate with World ID.

No. All World ID Proofs, including Proof of Human, are free and designed for every human.

Your business defines retry, fallback and review policies. An unsuccessful check alone does not establish impersonation.

Your business defines retries, fallback, accessibility and review paths, with separate policies for approved bots and service accounts. An unsuccessful check alone does not establish automated abuse, and a successful check does not guarantee benign behavior.

No. World ID does not identify who the user is. The World ID app and your business only receive anonymous, decentralized cryptographic Proofs and signals. No personal information shared or stored.

The World ID app and your business only receive anonymous, decentralized cryptographic Proofs and signals. No personal information shared or stored.

Deep dive on privacy here. Read the whitepaper here.

World ID is designed to be globally available wherever the World ID app is supported, subject to local regulations.