Abstract: Managing verification of a submitted digital image of a person based on a comparison of another digital image of the person, where the person in the second image is illustrated in a specified pose, and/or is holding a specified object. The person provides the first digital image of themselves for use in participation in an online social networking experience, while the second digital image is not intended for display to others in the social network. The person is asked to provide the second digital image with the person in a defined pose, holding a particular object, wearing a particular article, or the like. The received digital images are then examined to determine whether they have been digitally modified, and to verify that the person within the two images is the same. If so, then the first image may be used in social networking activities by the person.