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Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of Your Face'

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Re: Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of Your Face'

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Post by likpok »

hnarn wrote: post #16
djohnston wrote: post #15

I mean you need to pick your poison here. You either give facebook more data to validate your authenticity or you allow botnets to influence the social networks. It seems impossible to have it both ways, although I'm willing to hear alternatives in the general case.

Authenticity validation could be completely external from Facebook, and if they gave a shit about your privacy they would not only be OK with it but even push for it. Many countries already have crypto-secure solutions for verifying their identity when submitting things like tax forms. Facebook just needs to start using them, but they won't, and it's obvious why.

> and it's obvious why.

Because most countries don't have crypto-secure identity verification, which means Facebook would still need something like this? I suppose they could contract out to Experian (or other local providers) and ask you to answer some questions from your credit report, but I'm not sure that's really a good solution either.

Re: Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of Your Face'

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Post by staplers »

Harkins wrote: post #21
oblib wrote: post #9

I will never do this. I don't even post photos of myself on FB, or use "Messenger" or their mobile app, so it probably wouldn't work anyway, but I have no doubt they're looking to monetize the feature and that businesses and governments are their target markets.

They still have your face from scanning your friends' photos and contacts. Combine datestamp, location, messages, and posts over years and Facebook knows who was together for a photo whether or not you've uploaded any or been tagged. Facebook knows the face of everyone who is on Facebook or who knows a few people who are.

I can pull a fingerprint off the subway stair rails but that doesn't mean I can identify who it is. We anonymously reveal ourselves everyday but the danger comes from confirming which data is ours. The goal is to make it difficult not impossible.

Re: Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of Your Face'

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Post by Sir_Substance »

Waterluvian wrote: post #30

I should write a blog post about this, but to those thinking about deleting Facebook, My experience deleting it 5 years ago is summarized as: my friend count went way down, my friend quality went way up. Your results may vary, but the purpose of my comment is not to immediately be worried that Facebook is a mandatory lifeline for your social life.

To add to this, you can always /try/ deleting your facebook account and see if it's for you.

It's not like facebook is a nightclub that will refuse re-entry once you leave or anything.

Re: Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of Your Face'

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Post by Chaebixi »

abootstrapper wrote: post #18
djohnston wrote: post #15

I mean you need to pick your poison here. You either give facebook more data to validate your authenticity or you allow botnets to influence the social networks. It seems impossible to have it both ways, although I'm willing to hear alternatives in the general case.

Third option: delete your Facebook account.

I prefer posting only articles critical of Facebook to my feed until I get locked out of my account for some reason.

I won't create a new one, but I might as well use the one I have to do some good.

Re: Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of Your Face'

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Post by glitcher »

Sir_Substance wrote: post #34
Waterluvian wrote: post #30

I should write a blog post about this, but to those thinking about deleting Facebook, My experience deleting it 5 years ago is summarized as: my friend count went way down, my friend quality went way up. Your results may vary, but the purpose of my comment is not to immediately be worried that Facebook is a mandatory lifeline for your social life.

To add to this, you can always /try/ deleting your facebook account and see if it's for you. It's not like facebook is a nightclub that will refuse re-entry once you leave or anything.

My account went inactive and eventually was disabled. To get back into the "nightclub" now, I must submit a copy of my photo ID to verify my identity. No thanks to the Facebook bouncer thugs guarding the entrance...
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