How Veridex works
Veridex is an evidence browser. It does not “know” who someone is — it collects what public sources say, shows you those sources, and explains how strongly they connect.
The pipeline
- 1
Validate & normalize
Your query is checked and normalized (emails lowercased, phone numbers converted to international format, usernames stripped to the bare handle).
- 2
Dispatch to sources
Only sources that can answer this query type run — each with a timeout. A source that fails is reported as unavailable, never as “not found.”
- 3
Store the evidence
Every result is stored with its source URL and retrieval time. If it isn't stored, it isn't displayed.
- 4
Group with reasons
Records are grouped into clusters by published rules — shared verified email is strong; same handle plus a similar name is medium; name similarity alone is weak. The rules that fired are the explanation you see.
- 5
Show provenance
You get the summary, the evidence feed, and the confidence & provenance — including conflicts and stale results, labeled as such.
Sources
| Source | What it provides | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Gravatar | Email → public profile (name, avatar, linked accounts) — only if the person uses Gravatar. | Official API · free |
| GitHub | Email/username → public developer profiles. | Official API · free |
| Numbering-plan data | Phone → validity, country, line type, original operator (offline data + operator tables). | Offline · free |
| Web evidence links | Name/username → links to review in your browser. Framed as links, never as resolved data. | Links only |
| Veridex reports | Phone → spam/business reports from Veridex users, moderated before they display. | First-party |
| Breach check | Email → a link to check breach presence yourself. (The data API is paid; Veridex links out rather than pretending.) | Link only |
Platforms without a legitimate public API (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and similar) are not integrated — Veridex can only offer search links for manual review. Any product claiming a phone-number-to-Facebook-profile lookup is using data obtained in ways Veridex won’t.
Confidence labels
Scores are heuristic match scores, never probabilities. Every label expands to the reasons behind it.
A shared verified attribute, e.g. the same public email on two profiles.
Same handle plus supporting similarities.
Partial overlap — needs your judgment.
Name similarity only. Collapsed by default.
Found something wrong?
Every result and report in Veridex carries a “Report incorrect match” action. Corrections are reviewed by moderators and the audit trail is kept. Your own data can be exported or deleted at any time from the Privacy Center.