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Liveness, Deepfakes, and the Root of Trust: Why Identity Verification Starts with a Live Human

May 12, 2026
10 AM MT / 12 PM ET
Liveness, Deepfakes, and the Root of Trust: Why Identity Verification Starts with a Live Human

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Fraudsters don’t need to steal your password anymore. They create synthetic identities, spoof camera feeds with deepfakes, and exploit free-tier sign-ups with burner accounts—all without a real human ever being present. For platforms handling regulated use cases, high-value transactions, or free resource allocation, the question isn’t whether identity fraud will happen. It’s how much it’s already costing you.

Join Dan Moore and Cameron D’Ambrosi for a fireside chat on liveness detection, the foundational layer that confirms a real, live human sits behind every account. We’ll explore how liveness fits into the identity verification funnel, why it serves as the root of trust for biometric matching, age verification, and fraud prevention, and what happens when platforms skip this step.

This conversation covers real-world use cases across banking, crypto, AI platforms, and trust-and-safety—plus the growing threat of promo abuse that’s quietly bleeding platform revenue.

What You'll Learn:

  • Liveness as the Root of Trust: Why every identity verification workflow—biometric matching, document checks, age estimation—falls apart without first confirming a live human is present
  • Deepfakes and Injection Attacks: How attackers bypass camera-based checks with presentation attacks (masks, screens) and programmatic injection attacks that spoof the camera feed entirely
  • Promo Abuse and Revenue Loss: How burner accounts exploit free tiers—especially on AI platforms burning through expensive tokens—and how liveness combined with 1-to-N biometric checks stops repeat offenders
  • The Identity Verification Funnel: How to structure verification steps—from low-cost email OTP to liveness checks—to weed out fraud at the lowest cost per step
  • Signal of Humanity: Why platforms moving toward agentic systems and regulated workflows need a reliable way to confirm a real person stands behind every account

Speakers:

Cameron D'Ambrosi
Cameron D'Ambrosi
Head of Strategic Partnerships, NA & EU, FaceTec
Dan Moore
Dan Moore
Senior Director, CIAM Strategy & Identity Standards, FusionAuth

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