HonestID: real-time identity assurance against AI deepfakes and voice clones

Beat impersonation scams

Know who's real.

We use human connection to prove you are who you say you are. Stopping impersonation attacks like deepfakes and voice clones across any communication channel, without monitoring your conversations.

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We’re in a crisis of digital trust

One rule has held your entire life: if you could see a person’s face or hear their voice, you knew it was them. That rule no longer stands. Deepfakes and voice clones make attackers indistinguishable from your colleagues, customers and loved ones. Scams come through every channel and there’s no way to verify who you’re really speaking to.

Today’s solutions each cost you something

ID Verification

Collects your government ID or biometrics, built for one-time onboarding checks.

Every breach they suffer exposes your most sensitive data.

Detection

Monitors all your communications in order to guess if media is AI generated.

Sacrifices your privacy and is always one step behind the latest AI models.

Meet HonestID

The human-to-human verification layer

Most identity checks happen once, at sign-up. HonestID is built for every conversation and transaction that follows: rather than detecting fakes, we use human connection to prove a person is who they say they are, across any channel. It’s privacy preserving, no documents or monitoring and it works no matter how good AI gets.

Our patent pending, continuous identity verification protocol is end-to-end encrypted and purges all sensitive data on completion. Most challenges finish in under 20 seconds, so you can get back to what matters.

Built on three pillars of trust

Person

Face or fingerprint recognition unlocks every response, on their own device.

Biometric identity

Confirms the real person answered, not a deepfake or a bot.

Device

Bound to a single phone with hardware-backed proof of possession.

Device binding

Confirms you're reaching the real owner, with no one in between.

Context

Bound to an action, like a £1M payment, and the communication channel it came through.

Verification intent

Confirms the request is genuine, not a scam.

Wherever they reach you

  • Video

    Verify on joining a Zoom, Teams or Meet call, before the meeting proceeds.

  • Phone

    Check before you start, or mid-call the moment something feels off.

  • Email

    Challenge a sensitive or unexpected request before you act on it.

  • Messages

    On SMS, WhatsApp or LinkedIn, when a message asks for action or money.

Verify anyone, right from your phone

Tap the contact and build your request: pick the channel, then optionally a category like 'Payment' and a detail like 'Invoice 8471'. They get a high-priority alert on their registered device, and confirm that exact request. Every challenge verifies both people at once, which matters because criminals trawl public registers like the SRA and FCA to impersonate named professionals.

Quick ContactsWider connections

Approve or deny in one tap

For your colleagues, clients and suppliers. You get a clear answer in seconds, and either way, you both come away with specific guidance on how to stay protected.

Key ContactsClosest connections

One tap, plus your Honest Key

For your manager, team and family. The live challenge is reinforced by matching a shared Honest Key. If you ever forget it, you can verify each other with a question only the other could answer.

What is an Honest Key?

A personal word or phrase known only to the two of you. Unlike a traditional password, which relies on complexity, an Honest Key is strongest when it’s deeply personal: something rooted in a shared memory that no one else could know.

This is what law enforcement now recommends. The FBI’s December 2024 advisory on AI-enabled fraud urges people to agree a secret pass-phrase and to verify unexpected requests through a separate channel. HonestID makes that a product rather than a habit you have to remember.

The Team

Jack Corbett, founder of HonestID

Jack Corbett

Founder & CEO

Former VP Lead Security Engineer, JPMorganChase

“Instead of playing a losing game of trying to spot every new AI deepfake, this tool secures the one thing technology can't replicate: real human intent. It takes seconds to verify the person on the other end of a high-stakes call, giving businesses total certainty before making critical decisions.”

Craig Jones

Advisor

Former Director of Cybercrime, INTERPOL

Restore trust in digital communication

See how we can protect your business from the devastating cost of impersonation attacks.

Now seeking pilot partners in
  • Legal
  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Insurance
  • Consulting
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