Does HTPBE? verify someone's identity, or that a document is valid against the issuer?
No. HTPBE? verifies one thing only: whether the file was edited or forged after it was issued. It does not confirm a person’s identity, it does not check a document against the issuing authority’s records, and it does not judge whether the content is true.
What HTPBE? does not do
- Match a face or a person to an identity document.
- Look a document up in an issuer’s registry, or call the issuer.
- Read amounts, names, dates or clauses, or decide that any of them is correct.
Who does those jobs
- Identity — “is this really them” — belongs to KYC and identity-verification platforms such as Persona or Onfido.
- Record confirmation — whether the issuer really issued this belongs to the issuer’s own portal, registrar or help desk.
- Content — whether the figures are right belongs to a reviewer, or to data you can confirm independently.
What HTPBE? adds
HTPBE? is the structural file-integrity layer that runs alongside those checks. It returns Intact, Modified or Inconclusive with named findings, and it is tamper detection, not a verification platform. A typical flow:
- The person goes through identity verification.
- Each supporting PDF goes through a file-integrity check.
- Anything flagged goes to a human, and anything important is confirmed with the issuer.
Every API result carries a usage_caution field that reminds the integrator that a structural verdict describes the file and not the person. How HTPBE? differs from KYC platforms →
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Basics & Scope
HTPBE? (Has This PDF Been Edited?) detects whether a PDF was modified after it was created. Upload a file of up to 10 MB and get a verdict — Intact, Modified or Inconclusive — with the findings behind it.
HTPBE? stands for “Has This PDF Been Edited?” Pronounce it letter by letter: H-T-P-B-E.
KYC platforms confirm who a person is. HTPBE? checks whether a specific PDF file was modified after it was generated. An identity can be real while a supporting document has been edited, so the two checks complement each other.