{"id":172340,"date":"2019-11-06T19:04:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T11:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1809505\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T19:04:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T11:04:35","slug":"snap-a-facebook-selfie-to-confirm-youre-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/06\/snap-a-facebook-selfie-to-confirm-youre-human\/","title":{"rendered":"Snap a Facebook Selfie to Confirm You\u2019re Human"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fb-1-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">Facebook&#8217;s identity verification system  requires users to look in different directions within a circle (via Jane Manchun Wong\/Twitter)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook is reportedly testing a new tool to fight fake accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The social network&#8217;s verification system requires users to record short video clips of their face, turning in different directions within a digital circle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sort-of selfie helps &#8220;confirm your identity and check that you&#8217;re a real person,&#8221; according to screenshots shared by researcher Jane Manchun Wong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook&#8217;s got 99 problems, and fake accounts are one: Despite removing more than 2 billion bogus profiles <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.fb.com\/news\/2019\/05\/enforcing-our-community-standards-3\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">in the first half of this year<\/a>, rumor has it the company&#8217;s imposter problem is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plainsite.org\/realitycheck\/fb.pdf\"  rel=\"noopener\">much larger<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Facebook is working on Facial Recognition-based Identity Verification, asking users take selfie looking at different directions <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w4kZHEpDeG\">pic.twitter.com\/w4kZHEpDeG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wongmjane\/status\/1191671793121030144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;If you were Facebook, how else would you make sure the user is real?&#8221; Wong, who has an impeccable track record for exposing unreleased Facebook features, tweeted on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;How else would you ensure integrity and prevent frauds which happens with e-commerce?&#8221; she continued. &#8220;What if FB just didn&#8217;t verify anyone&#8217;s identity and let fraud and misinformation campaigns happen? Would this be ideal?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook has a rocky history with facial recognition\u2014a term Wong initially used to describe the firm&#8217;s internal experiment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The feature recognizes my face as a face,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;I&#8217;m not referring to the tech that associates a face with an identity.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1809509\" style=\"max-width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1809509\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fb-2.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fb-2.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fb-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fb-2-625x352.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fb-2-650x366.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fb-2-141x80.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fb-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook&#8217;s identity verification system explicitly states no one else will see the video selfie, which will be deleted 30 days after confirmation (via Jane Manchun Wong\/Twitter)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook reinforced that idea in <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/facebook-video-selfies-fight-fake-accounts\/?europe=true\"  rel=\"noopener\">a statement to Mashable<\/a>, clarifying that &#8220;This test is one of the steps we use to determine that a real person is operating an account rather than a bot.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It does not use facial recognition,&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;Instead, it detects motion and whether a face is in the video.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the small print, no one else will see the verification video, which gets deleted 30 days after your identity is confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;If Facebook doesn&#8217;t store\/remember the face 30 days after the identity verification, does that mean people can create new fake accounts and pass the video selfie test once a month?&#8221; Wong tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More on Geek.com:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/check-out-facebooks-new-logo-1809325\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check Out Facebook&#8217;s New Logo<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/facebook-begins-testing-dedicated-news-tab-1808532\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook Begins Testing Dedicated &#8216;News&#8217; Tab<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/facebook-buys-maker-of-mind-controlled-wearable-1805055\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook Buys Maker of Mind-Controlled Wearable<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fb-1-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/p>\n<div>Facebook&#8217;s identity verification system  requires users to look in different directions within a circle (via Jane Manchun Wong\/Twitter)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Facebook is reportedly testing a new tool to fight fake accounts. 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