The Benefits of GoValid Anti-Counterfeit in Preventing the Circulation of Fake Diplomas and Certificates
The forgery of diplomas and academic certificates is not a new issue in Indonesia’s education sector. Unfortunately, this practice continues to occur today. Fake diplomas are often used to apply for jobs, pursue further education, or fulfil administrative requirements.
The impact is significant. Educational institutions risk losing credibility, companies may unknowingly recruit unqualified candidates, and the academic system as a whole becomes vulnerable to misuse.
To address this challenge, GoValid’s Anti-Counterfeit system provides a digital verification mechanism capable of detecting indications of diploma forgery through QR code scan pattern analysis. This allows users to check the authenticity of diplomas and certificates quickly and reliably.
A Real-World Scenario
Imagine an authentic diploma issued with a QR code. For several years, the QR code is scanned only occasionally by the diploma holder or by HR departments during job applications. One day, however, the system detects that the same QR code is scanned in Jakarta in the morning, then in Surabaya less than an hour later, followed by scans in several other cities on the same day.
In this situation, the system immediately flags the activity as physically impossible travel. This strongly indicates that the QR code has been copied and reused on counterfeit documents. As a result, the system automatically displays a warning to users scanning the document, such as: “This document is suspected to be invalid. Please contact the issuing university for further verification.”
At the same time, the issuing institution receives a notification from GoValid, allowing it to take action before the forgery causes wider harm.
Benefits for Universities, Diploma Holders, and External Parties
Implementing the Anti-Counterfeit feature on diplomas provides tangible benefits for multiple stakeholders:
For universities: The Anti-Counterfeit feature plays a crucial role in protecting academic authority and institutional reputation. Universities can detect forgery, duplication, or misuse of diplomas at an early stage, supported by verifiable data for administrative follow-up.
For diploma holders: The system offers additional protection by preventing unauthorised use of their academic credentials, including identity fraud or document misuse.
For external parties: HR departments, certification bodies, government agencies, and higher education institutions can verify diplomas easily and instantly by scanning the QR code, simplifying and accelerating verification processes.
Time to Protect Diplomas with Smarter Digital Verification
Forgery of diplomas and certificates can no longer be prevented using handwritten signatures or institutional stamps alone. In the digital era, protection must also be digital—active, adaptive, and verifiable in real time.
With GoValid Anti-Counterfeit, diploma authenticity can be safeguarded continuously, while any misuse can be detected and addressed at an early stage.
Today, consumers are becoming increasingly selective when purchasing products. They look for organic, sustainable, or ethically produced goods. However, verbal claims alone are no longer sufficient to convince them. Consumers want tangible proof—such as photos or GPS coordinates showing where a product was harvested or produced. To address this growing demand for transparency, C-TRACE by GoValid offers a practical solution.
C-TRACE is a product history recording system that enables brands to document and display the full journey of their products transparently. From the consumer’s perspective, this allows them to see production processes, farm GPS coordinates, and even product certifications. Let us explore what C-TRACE GoValid is and why it is valuable for brands.
What Is C-TRACE in GoValid?
C-TRACE (Community Traceability) is a QR-code-based, community-driven product traceability system. Rather than relying on a single company, data recording involves all parties participating in the production process.
The system documents product journeys step by step—from harvesting and production to quality control and final delivery. Data at each stage is entered by the responsible actors. For example, farmers record harvest data, while factory supervisors document processing activities.
Each stage is reinforced with supporting evidence such as photos, GPS locations, and timestamps, ensuring that the data is authentic and tamper-resistant. Once all information is recorded, the system generates a unique QR code. When consumers scan it, they can view the complete story behind the product.
In simple terms, C-TRACE transforms a product’s story into verifiable digital evidence.
How C-TRACE GoValid Works
Cara kerja C-Trace cukup sederhana. Pertama, pemilik brand membuat alur kerja di dalam sistem The C-TRACE workflow is straightforward. First, the brand owner creates a workflow within the GoValid system. This workflow defines the relevant production stages, such as processing, quality control, packaging, and shipping.
The brand owner also assigns responsible individuals for each stage. These designated users are the ones who enter data into the system.
Once the workflow is finalised, the system generates a QR code containing the product timeline. This QR code can be printed and attached directly to the product packaging.
When consumers scan the QR code using their smartphones, the system displays the product timeline chronologically. Consumers can see when the product was processed, which stages it passed through, and any additional supporting information provided by the brand.
Beyond information display, C-TRACE also offers comprehensive analytics to help businesses understand supply chain performance and consumer engagement, including:
Production batch statistics
Number of timeline scans per batch
Geographic distribution of scan locations
These insights are valuable for understanding consumer behaviour and improving distribution and marketing strategies.
Examples of C-TRACE Use for SME Products
C-TRACE dapat digunakan oleh berbagai jenis UMKM untuk membangun ketertelusuran produk dari sumber hingga ke konsumen. Misalnya, UMKM yang memproduksi makanan, obat herbal, kosmetik atau proC-TRACE can be used by various types of SMEs to build product traceability from source to consumer—for example, food producers, herbal medicine manufacturers, cosmetic brands, or handicraft businesses.
Each product is grouped into specific batches, and every stage is recorded by the responsible party, complete with timestamps and supporting information. This approach not only provides SMEs with well-organised internal records but also generates traceability evidence that can be shared with business partners, buyers, or consumers.
For example, if you are a local coffee producer aiming to demonstrate quality and transparency, C-TRACE can present the coffee bean journey as follows:
Coffee cherry selection
Sorting process
Fermentation
Washing
Drying
Hulling
Quality evaluation
When consumers scan the QR code, they are not just buying coffee—they are learning the story and process behind every bean. This becomes a strong value proposition that is difficult to replicate without a traceability system.
Benefits of C-TRACE for SMEs and Consumers
C-TRACE by GoValid provides tangible benefits for both businesses and consumers. For SMEs, it enables systematic documentation of every production stage, from manufacturing to delivery. All data is securely stored in a digital archive that can be accessed at any time.
This transparency enhances product value by providing verified authenticity and clear product history. It also strengthens brand credibility and professionalism, especially in increasingly competitive markets.
For consumers, C-TRACE offers peace of mind by allowing them to independently verify a product’s authenticity and journey—before or after purchase.
It Is Time to Elevate Your Products with QR C-TRACE by GoValid
As consumers demand greater transparency, products that can demonstrate their origin and production process gain a clear advantage. QR C-TRACE by GoValid helps you build that trust through a structured, sequential, and verifiable traceability system.
Your product does not just tell a story—it proves it.
In many universities and training centres, handwritten signatures and stamps are still used as symbols of document validation. Unfortunately, these practices are becoming increasingly vulnerable to forgery. Signatures can be photographed, copied manually or using AI, and reused on other documents without the knowledge of authorised parties.
The consequences go far beyond administrative issues. Forged documents undermine institutional trust, damage reputation, and threaten the credibility of academic records themselves.
For this reason, a more innovative and secure approach is required. One solution is the use of encrypted digital signatures embedded in QR codes (not standard QR codes), protected by GoValid’s Anti-Counterfeit system. Instead of relying on ink signatures, this system allows anyone to verify a document’s status instantly through scanning. Let us explore how it works and why it is significantly safer.
How QR Codes Function as Proof of Authenticity
Encrypted digital signatures embedded in QR codes serve as proof of authenticity by linking documents to verifiable digital records. In this system, documents are no longer signed manually. Instead, they are issued together with a unique QR code.
In GoValid, each user is assigned a unique digital key that acts as a personal digital fingerprint and cannot be duplicated. When the QR code is scanned, it directs the user to the official university or institutional server where the original document data is securely stored.
The verification page displays information such as the institution’s name, document number, and issuance date, matching the physical document. If the data aligns, the document is confirmed as valid.
This approach makes document forgery significantly more difficult than traditional handwritten signatures or image-based stamps.
The Role of GoValid Anti-Counterfeit in Detecting Academic Document Fraud
For additional security, GoValid integrates an Anti-Counterfeit feature designed to detect potential document misuse. The system does not simply display valid data—it actively monitors QR code scanning behaviour.
The system analyses whether:
The same QR code is copied and used on multiple documents
There is an unusually high number of scans
Scans occur across multiple locations within a short time frame
When suspicious patterns are detected, the system immediately displays a warning to the user scanning the document. The custom message may state like this: “Unusual scanning activity detected for this document. Please verify directly with the issuing institution.”
Suitable Use Cases for QR-Based Digital Verification
QR-based digital signatures protected by GoValid Anti-Counterfeit are well suited for various academic documents, including:
Training and course certificates
Diplomas
Letters of reference and official statements
Thesis and dissertation approval pages
Academic certificates and activity records
In short, the Anti-Counterfeit feature is essential for universities and institutions, as it enables early detection of forged diplomas, transcripts, and official documents circulating in the public domain.
Time to Move Toward Safer Digital Verification
Relying on handwritten signatures or scanned images is no longer a secure option in academic environments. By using QR codes connected to a validation system and protected by GoValid Anti-Counterfeit, document authenticity can be verified more reliably, while the risk of signature forgery is significantly reduced.
Product counterfeiting remains a serious issue in Indonesia. It frequently affects everyday products such as medicines, skincare, cosmetics, printer ink, and other consumer goods. To address this problem, many brand owners rely on hologram stickers as a sign of authenticity. As technology evolves, standard QR codes have also emerged as an alternative. More recently, advanced solutions like GoValid’s Anti-Counterfeit system have been introduced. But how effective are these methods in truly protecting products from counterfeiting? Let us explore the differences.
1. Hologram Stickers
Hologram stickers are security labels that use optical technology to create three-dimensional (3D) images or visual effects that change when viewed from different angles.
The use of holograms as anti-counterfeit seals became popular in the early 2000s. At the time, holograms were considered difficult to copy due to their complex and distinctive designs, and they could not be reproduced using conventional photocopying methods.
However, with today’s advanced printing technology, holograms have a major weakness. Counterfeiters are now able to replicate holograms with up to 95–99% visual similarity. When applied to counterfeit products, most consumers cannot distinguish between genuine and fake holograms.
More importantly, holograms are static. There is no way for consumers to verify their authenticity digitally. Once a hologram design is successfully copied, there is no system in place to detect or signal that counterfeiting is occurring.
2. Standard QR Codes
In the 2010s, QR codes (Quick Response Codes) became widely adopted as authenticity markers, driven by the availability of built-in scanning features on smartphones. A QR code is a two-dimensional matrix code capable of storing alphanumeric data, which can be instantly read by scanning devices.
In practice, many brands print the same QR code on all product packaging. When scanned, the code usually redirects consumers to the official brand website or displays a simple message such as “original product.” This approach offers a perceived improvement in authenticity assurance.
However, standard QR codes also have significant limitations. They are extremely easy to duplicate. Counterfeiters can simply photograph a QR code and print it on thousands of fake products. As a result, every scan still leads to the legitimate website, giving consumers a false sense of authenticity.
Crucially, standard QR codes do not have any mechanism to detect misuse. Neither consumers nor brand owners receive any warning when counterfeiting occurs, allowing fake products to circulate unnoticed.
3. GoValid Anti-Counterfeit System
GoValid addresses the weaknesses of both holograms and standard QR codes through its Anti-Counterfeit system. Rather than merely validating a product, GoValid actively monitors and detects QR code misuse in real time.
The system analyses scanning patterns using multiple parameters, including scan frequency, location, time, device characteristics, and IP address. This allows brands to:
Detect QR codes that have been copied and reused on counterfeit products
Identify scans from abnormal or geographically impossible locations
Monitor excessive scans from multiple devices
Receive real-time alerts via the GoValid dashboard and email
Consumers also benefit directly from this system. When a counterfeit product is scanned, the verification page can display a warning message such as “Product suspected to be counterfeit.” This helps protect consumers from potentially harmful products, especially in sensitive categories like medicines, skincare, and cosmetics.
To illustrate, imagine you launch a facial serum, with each package assigned a unique QR code that is allowed to be scanned only once. If counterfeiters replicate the packaging and reuse the same QR code, the system will immediately detect multiple scans for a single code. The verification page will then display a warning message to the consumer, clearly indicating that the product may be counterfeit.
So, Which Solution Is the Most Effective?
Hologram stickers, standard QR codes, and GoValid’s Anti-Counterfeit system all serve as authenticity markers, but their effectiveness differs significantly. Among the three, GoValid is the only solution that actively protects against counterfeiting rather than merely providing visual deterrence.
With GoValid, each product is assigned a unique digital identity through a monitored QR code. The system does not simply verify authenticity—it continuously detects misuse and enables immediate response before counterfeit products cause greater harm.
It Is Time to Move Toward Sustainable Anti-Counterfeiting Protection
Counterfeiting can no longer be addressed with visual security measures alone. While holograms and standard QR codes still have limited roles, they were not designed to confront modern, organised, and data-driven counterfeiting practices.
With GoValid’s Anti-Counterfeit system, brands gain active, adaptive, and data-based protection tailored to their products. If you aim to protect your products while maintaining customer trust, now is the right time to adopt GoValid’s Anti-Counterfeit solution.
The cosmetics and skincare industry today faces multiple challenges, including overclaiming, the use of hazardous chemicals, counterfeiting, and illegal cosmetic products. As a result, consumers have become far more selective when choosing products. So how can brands prove that their products are safe and truly match the claims printed on their packaging? QR Timeline by GoValid provides the answer.
QR Timeline is a QR-code-based system used to record and display a product’s history in chronological order. This article explains how QR Timeline helps ensure the authenticity and safety of makeup and skincare products.
Challenges Facing the Indonesian Cosmetics Industry
Indonesia’s cosmetics industry is growing rapidly. Demand is high, and many local brands continue to emerge. However, behind this growth lie several serious risks that both brands and consumers must be aware of.
One of the biggest issues is overclaiming and the use of hazardous ingredients such as mercury. Many products claim to be safe or to contain high concentrations of active ingredients, yet these claims can only be verified through laboratory testing. Unfortunately, consumers cannot realistically test every product before purchasing it.
Cosmetic products are also highly vulnerable to counterfeiting. Counterfeiters can easily replicate packaging, making it difficult for consumers to distinguish genuine products from fake ones. If counterfeit products cause adverse effects, the original brand still risks losing consumer trust—even if it was not directly involved.
For consumers, the consequences are even more serious. Cosmetic products are applied directly to the skin. When products are fake or contain harmful chemicals, the risks extend beyond disappointment to real health and skin problems.
What Is QR Timeline?
QR codes are no longer unfamiliar. Today, they are used everywhere—from digital payments and restaurant menus to product information.
However, QR Timeline by GoValid takes a different approach. It functions like a social media timeline, allowing product owners to continuously add product-related data that is automatically updated by the system.
When consumers scan the QR code on cosmetic packaging, they can view the full product history—from raw materials and production processes to distribution stages and supporting documents such as laboratory test results and BPOM (Indonesia’s National Agency of Drug and Food Control) certificates.
Key Features of GoValid QR Timeline for the Cosmetics Industry
1. Secure Authenticity Verification
Each QR Timeline has a unique code linked directly to a verification system. When scanned, the system confirms that the QR code is genuine, giving consumers confidence that the product is original.
2. Batch-Specific QR Codes
GoValid supports QR codes generated per production batch. This strengthens product security and authenticity management. Once a batch is sold out, its QR code can be deactivated, reducing the risk of QR cloning and misuse by counterfeiters.
3. Transparent Product History
QR Timeline records each critical stage sequentially—from raw material sourcing and production to packaging. This is particularly valuable for transparency. For example, a product claiming to contain organic petal extract can include harvest photos or laboratory analysis certificates in PDF format. Consumers can see tangible proof that claims are valid and not exaggerated.
4. Timestamps and Location Tagging
Every data entry automatically includes a date and time stamp, and locations can be marked on a map. This shows when and where raw materials were processed.
This feature also helps prevent unauthorised distribution, as the product journey can be traced from factory to distributor to retail outlet.
5. Supporting Document Uploads
Brands can attach important documents in one place, such as raw material certificates, laboratory test results, halal certification, and BPOM approval documents.
6. Counterfeit Detection
Every QR scan is automatically recorded in the GoValid system, including scan time and location. This data helps brands monitor product circulation and detect suspicious activity early.
For example, if a single QR code is scanned thousands of times across different locations while sales volumes remain low, this may indicate that the code has been cloned by counterfeiters.
7. Password Protection
Brands can enable password protection so that only authorised users can access information displayed through the scanned QR code.
8. Access Control
Not all information needs to be publicly visible. QR Timeline allows brands to control who can view specific data. For instance, consumers may access basic information such as product name, lab test results, and halal certification, while sensitive documents remain accessible only to internal teams. This prevents misuse of critical documents.
Benefits for Cosmetic Brands and Consumers
Using QR Timeline by GoValid offers advantages for both brands and consumers. For cosmetic brands, QR Timeline helps build trust. With structured and verified records, brands can demonstrate that raw materials and ingredient levels truly match product claims. This also accelerates complaint handling and reduces the risk of full product recalls when issues affect only a specific batch.
Transparency also strengthens brand image as a responsible producer that prioritises consumer safety. From a brand protection perspective, QR Timeline helps minimise counterfeiting risks through systematic authenticity checks.
For consumers, QR Timeline provides reassurance. They can verify product authenticity simply by scanning a QR code and protect themselves from overclaimed products by reviewing verifiable information about raw materials and production processes.
Build Consumer Trust in Cosmetics and Skincare with QR Timeline by GoValid
As consumer awareness of safety and authenticity continues to rise, transparency through QR Timeline is becoming essential. With a secure, verified, and easily accessible record-keeping system, you can prove that your products are original, safe, halal, legal, and aligned with their claims.
QR Timeline by GoValid does not just tell your product’s story—it proves it.
The forgery of diplomas and academic certificates is not a new issue in Indonesia’s education sector. Unfortunately, this practice continues to occur today. Fake diplomas are often used to apply for jobs, pursue further education, or fulfil administrative requirements.
The impact is significant. Educational institutions risk losing credibility, companies may unknowingly recruit unqualified candidates, and the academic system as a whole becomes vulnerable to misuse.
To address this challenge, GoValid’s Anti-Counterfeit system provides a digital verification mechanism capable of detecting indications of diploma forgery through QR code scan pattern analysis. This allows users to check the authenticity of diplomas and certificates quickly and reliably.
A Real-World Scenario
Imagine an authentic diploma issued with a QR code. For several years, the QR code is scanned only occasionally by the diploma holder or by HR departments during job applications. One day, however, the system detects that the same QR code is scanned in Jakarta in the morning, then in Surabaya less than an hour later, followed by scans in several other cities on the same day.
In this situation, the system immediately flags the activity as physically impossible travel. This strongly indicates that the QR code has been copied and reused on counterfeit documents. As a result, the system automatically displays a warning to users scanning the document, such as: “This document is suspected to be invalid. Please contact the issuing university for further verification.”
At the same time, the issuing institution receives a notification from GoValid, allowing it to take action before the forgery causes wider harm.
Benefits for Universities, Diploma Holders, and External Parties
Implementing the Anti-Counterfeit feature on diplomas provides tangible benefits for multiple stakeholders:
For universities: The Anti-Counterfeit feature plays a crucial role in protecting academic authority and institutional reputation. Universities can detect forgery, duplication, or misuse of diplomas at an early stage, supported by verifiable data for administrative follow-up.
For diploma holders: The system offers additional protection by preventing unauthorised use of their academic credentials, including identity fraud or document misuse.
For external parties: HR departments, certification bodies, government agencies, and higher education institutions can verify diplomas easily and instantly by scanning the QR code, simplifying and accelerating verification processes.
Time to Protect Diplomas with Smarter Digital Verification
Forgery of diplomas and certificates can no longer be prevented using handwritten signatures or institutional stamps alone. In the digital era, protection must also be digital—active, adaptive, and verifiable in real time.
With GoValid Anti-Counterfeit, diploma authenticity can be safeguarded continuously, while any misuse can be detected and addressed at an early stage.
The widespread circulation of counterfeit clothing has become a serious challenge for fashion brands in Indonesia. In many cases, counterfeiting does not happen far from the production process itself. It often originates from the same garment factories where brands legitimately manufacture their products.
The Real Challenge: Why Counterfeit Clothing Is Hard to Control
Clothing is one of the easiest products to counterfeit. Designs can be copied from photos or physical samples, production does not require advanced technology, and raw materials are widely available. Counterfeiters often use cheaper fabrics to reduce costs while maintaining a similar appearance.
Unlike home-based food businesses, clothing production requires industrial equipment such as sewing machines, overlock machines, and fabric cutters. As a result, most brands rely on external garment factories.
This is where misuse can occur. When brands entrust production to third parties, there is always a risk of stock leakage or design theft. For example, leftover fabric that should be discarded may be collected and re-sewn into “high-grade counterfeit” products that closely resemble the originals.
How GoValid Anti-Counterfeit Prevents Counterfeit Products
Counterfeit clothing spreads primarily due to weak control and poor product authentication. Below are key ways GoValid helps fashion brands protect their products:
1. Eliminating Illegal Overproduction
Brands may order 1,000 pieces, but a factory could secretly produce 1,200 pieces using the same materials and quality. The extra 200 items are then sold on the grey market as “original but cheaper” products.
Even if extra garments are produced with identical materials, they will not have valid QR codes. When consumers scan them, they receive a warning indicating that the product is not authentic.
2. Preventing the Sale of Rejected (QC-Failed) Items
Rejected garments that fail quality control are often not destroyed. Instead, they are quietly sold, damaging the brand’s reputation when customers receive low-quality products.
GoValid’s solution: QR codes are applied only to items that pass Quality Control. Any rejected items circulating in the market will lack a valid digital identity. If customers complain, brands can simply ask them to scan the QR code to verify authenticity.
3. Detecting Mass QR Code Duplication
Once counterfeiters know a brand uses QR codes, they may attempt to copy a single valid code and print it on thousands of fake products.
GoValid’s solution: When a unique QR code is scanned repeatedly beyond normal limits, the system automatically flags it as suspicious. Brand owners can immediately deactivate the code and see where it was first scanned, helping identify the source of counterfeiting.
4. Tracking Where Counterfeit Products Circulate
Many fashion brands only realise their products are being counterfeited when similar items flood the market but sales do not increase.
GoValid’s solution: GoValid provides analytics, not just QR codes. Brands can monitor how many codes are printed, how many are scanned, and where scans occur geographically. If a single code is scanned repeatedly in one city, it strongly indicates counterfeit distribution in that area.
5. Buyer-Driven Reporting Feature
This feature turns customers into active participants in brand protection.
GoValid’s solution: When a scan result indicates a counterfeit warning, buyers can submit reports by uploading product photos, store photos, and even payment proof. This effectively creates a nationwide intelligence network powered by real customers.
Do Not Let Counterfeit Products Steal Your Revenue
Counterfeit clothing should not be tolerated. It damages brand reputation, erodes consumer trust, and directly impacts revenue. With GoValid’s Anti-Counterfeit features, brands gain a reliable product authentication system, early counterfeit detection, and actionable insights when QR codes are misused or duplicated.
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