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Facebook is forcing new users to use facial recognition (lemmy.ml)

submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by Zeon@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I only want to use it for facebook marketplace, but jeez i didnt know they were taking it this far with this crap...

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[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I had an account but deleted it years ago, during covid my kids school put a lot of information on their Facebook account so I tried making a new account. Facebook told me there wasn't enough proof I was real, so I made a fake account with a super common name, they were fine with that. So now I have a Facebook account that I occasionally use to repost sports articles,I have zero interest in sports but my guy seems to like them.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Other me wants his own social media accounts as well.

Did you sign up for the failed you and generic other you accounts from the same electronic device, the same IP? They should be able to tell it's the same person that is pretty weird.

[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Honestly I don't remember, but I don't really use anything else to fill out forms so I probably used my pc I did make him a Google account before setting up his Facebook, he does have a picture of himself but it was made by ai I just used his info from Facebook as the prompt.