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[–] Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca 43 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So they must ask to upload some proofs to prove we are humans.

The truth is, they alreafy have all of our data.

[–] eicker@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

More and fresh is better.

[–] Dave@nord.pub 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What a time to be alive 🤦‍♂️

[–] eicker@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Zuck seems to be trying to boost his data for the facial recognition feature on Meta glasses. 🙈

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago

zuck needs to upload more info about humans into his android body.

[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Mitch is missing out.

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The cynical part of me thinks that there is a different reason for implementing this, and that any bot that drives engagement is valuable to the platform owners.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is just a product of the age verification bullshit.

Some companies are asking to upload drivers licences, others are asking for banking info. All being marketed as a benefit, and getting a checkmark beside your name.

And here almost every week theres a email from some company getting hacked and personal info being accessed/stolen.

I had recently signed back for a service with a company I have not done business with for 20 years, they somehow still had my old account info and address details. I was and still am pissed.

[–] thehermet@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

Not just hacked or stolen, also freely sold to third parties and governments to aggregate into private profiles

[–] Monument@piefed.world 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My LiveJournal account is 25 years old as of last week. I’m just going to go back to that for social media.

What are they gonna do, accuse me of being too old for social media?

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I went back to fark.com and I’m so happy it’s still doing well.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

"well" is up to debate. Ugly like heck, tabular DOM and lot's of content-security-policy errors.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

It’s always been that way.

[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Facebook?! That will be great for all four people still using it.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

conservatives, boomers, maybe genx.

[–] eicker@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ultimately, everyone, because associations, clubs and small towns are mainly or exclusively active on Facebook: anyone who wants to take part will still have to use Facebook. 🤷

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, it sucks. Also, marketplace.

[–] eicker@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I’m a huge fan of the Fediverse, but the barriers are so incredibly high that it’s unlikely a large number of people - let alone a majority - will find their way here.

[–] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Based on a facial recognition selfie, checked against your existing profile pics

They've been doing this for a long time, but supposedly for bot-detection; which are now just using LLMs to generate slop to game the platform and its users. But with human users now possibly considered unauthentic by others, because they haven't yet de-anonymized themselves.

It teasing a "reimagined experience" that will test full-screen videos for a section of users "the moment they open the app." is an interesting choice, when addictive design features for its platforms are under scrutiny. But I guess it only addresses the problem in relation to children; adults of course being fair game, which could be another reason to be extra cautious and use age-estimation in the verification process.

[–] eicker@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

The irony is that platforms spent years making anonymity optional, then built engagement systems that rewarded the worst actors anyway. Now the proposed fix is more identity, more biometric data and more addictive UX.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 2 points 4 days ago

Raiden Warned About AI Censorship - MGS2 Codec Call (2023 Version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gGLvg0n-uY