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Post by mrguyorama » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 7:03 PM UTC

justinclift wrote: post #99

wongarsu wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think they want selfies to enforce a one-account-per-person policy, to limit scraping. They already enforce phone verification, but there's plenty of ways around that (e.g. services that redirect verification SMS from hacked phones, or just buy phone-verified accounts from someone else). Facial recognition raises the bar and gives them extra confidence that two accounts are unrelated even if they have similar IPs/a…

Guessing that'd really suck for anyone who seems to be a lookalike for someone else. :/

Post by mrguyorama » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 7:12 PM UTC

justinclift wrote: post #101

Wonder if this will turn out to be a case of illegal tying of one product to another? Might be some anti-trust interest in this. :)

Post by swayvil » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 7:25 PM UTC

mrguyorama wrote: post #174

swayvil wrote: post #127

Punishment for breaking a rule without telling you what rule you broke. This has become common in social media. And we seem to be ok with it. It's clearly a very fucked up thing. The only time I ever saw it irl was from a legit crazy person. So are we all crazy now?

Not everyone is okay with it but the only way past it is regulating the tech sector and HN specifically is VERY against that, Republicans are against regulation that doesn't constrain the freedoms of people who aren't acceptable to religious fundamentalists, and Democrats seem to only care about preventing a progressive party from ever existing.

Post by MilnerRoute » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 7:48 PM UTC

Post by ezfe » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 7:59 PM UTC