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11-29-2017, 02:00 PM
Facebook asks for photos of some users' faces to sign them in
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Facebook's fight against spambots now includes a request for user photos with their faces "clearly" visible.*
Wired confirmed (https://www.wired.com/story/facebooks-new-captcha-test-upload-a-clear-photo-of-your-face/) with the social network that the test will go out to users who try to perform actions that spambots typically do, such as creating accounts, sending friend requests, and creating ads.
SEE ALSO: Facebook's effort to stop the spread of propaganda and misinformation just isn't working (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/facebook-fake-news-misinformation-fact-checkers/)
Several isolated examples of the photo request have been spotted over the past few months by users online (https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=1321872044593566&rdrhc), but it's likely to start going out more widely now that Facebook is comfortable confirming it. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/facebook-faces-sign-in/)
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Facebook's fight against spambots now includes a request for user photos with their faces "clearly" visible.*
Wired confirmed (https://www.wired.com/story/facebooks-new-captcha-test-upload-a-clear-photo-of-your-face/) with the social network that the test will go out to users who try to perform actions that spambots typically do, such as creating accounts, sending friend requests, and creating ads.
SEE ALSO: Facebook's effort to stop the spread of propaganda and misinformation just isn't working (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/facebook-fake-news-misinformation-fact-checkers/)
Several isolated examples of the photo request have been spotted over the past few months by users online (https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=1321872044593566&rdrhc), but it's likely to start going out more widely now that Facebook is comfortable confirming it. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/facebook-faces-sign-in/)
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