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Reddit and FaceID Verification (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by kamayatu24@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Reddit CEO says facial verification may be introduced. Ostensibly to prevent bots.

But we all know how dangerous this can be. But most likely Reddit users will just accept it.

Although they have a great free analogue right under their noses - Lemmy. Which is many times better than its competitor.

I wish more people would discover Lemmy, but that's unlikely.

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I don't care, because reddit, but this makes me wonder if you can just have an AI generate a generic face and feed that in.

It's obviously not about bots. Isn't spez friendly with Peter Thiel?

[–] kamayatu24@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Interesting idea... Is it possible to switch the verification to a bot via a bot. Damn it, when that happens I'll try it out

[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

You can and it's been done already.

Shitbook wanted photo for a new messanger.com account, so I gave them a nice AI generated one.

I'd rather not use messenger, but I have relatives that do, so am stuck.

What I find amusing is; people that say "hey, let me send you a message on _____" (insert WhatsApp, Insta, FB, Telegram etc) and are aghast when I say "sorry, don't have that. I can do phone or Signal?".

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Absolutely, i mean it's gonna be a computer testing the image for "humanity" so of course a computer could cheat the test.