Retrieve the result on your server, bind it to the signup action and check prior device-linked benefits.Use the current Risk Score and flags, plus High-Risk Events where relevant. Treat a missing or incomplete result as an explicit unverified state.
Continue a qualifying signup, request verification or hold the benefit for review.A new account can share a family device. Keep an exception path and make entitlement creation atomic.
The runnable tutorial includes the starting app, the completed integration, and steps to test its behavior. Its application policy is stated separately from ShieldLabs detection.For implementation details, see Acting on results and Identification flow. Verify the expected domain, result age and account association, and consume protected actions atomically.
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