I only want to use it for facebook marketplace, but jeez i didnt know they were taking it this far with this crap…
Happened to me on twitter. They wanted to open the front camera and look at my face and estimate my age.
I just went to thispersondoesnotexist.com on PC and showed twitter that image. They accepted it.
One(1) ethical use for generative AI
wdym? facebook automatically showed us it used facial recognition at least as far back as 2007 by asking us to click boxes on faces and subsequently asking us to label them… We really did all of the heavy lifting for them. -I got out while i could in ~2018
This information goes right to the US government.
Anyone who doesn’t think Facebook is an arm of the US government is naive at best.
I went to create an account a while ago. When I saw this, I was this close to sending them a picture of my dick and balls. But I thought myself better than these fucking creeps who insist on knowing how many wrinkles our ass has.
Thank you for the session. Same time tomorrow?
Should’ve sent them a picture of someone else’s dick for maximum confusion.
It’s been like that for quite a while. I remember deleting all big-tech accounts in 2019, and shortly after, Facebook started requiring login for full public page access. Therefore I created a burner account using a ‘this person does not exist’ picture, which provided me short-lived access after manual review. For account recovery, I was required to supply additional selfies (or even video-selfies?), but at that point I gave up.
I thought they’ve always been doing it, I never succeeded creating a facebook account because of it
Why use Facebook at all.
Marketplace is the one and only reason I havent deleted my account. It sucks but it is by far the best way to buy and sell.
How does it compare to nextdoor & craigslist?
Craigslist is better for finding apartments and roommates as well. Also finding handymen or off the books workers of any type.
Marketplace is good for used tools, selling stuff, buying stuff.
Nextdoor is a cesspool, populated by paranoids that find each other and reinforce their delusions, calling the police on “strangers,” fielding grand conspiracies, and otherwise talking trash without cause.
Perhaps it depends on the quality of moderation for your Nextdoor area. But those issues you listed are separate from the buying/selling part of it anyway. I’ve generally found Nextdoor & Craigslist to be sufficient.
Unfortunately it forced all existing users to submit as well, but we already gave it a bunch of photos of ourselves before the beast had revealed itself
I am sure the plan is to eventually roll this out to everyone.
No thanks, I’ll close my FB Marketplace account.
Don’t use this shit
I have mixed feelings. Setting aside that Meta is a trash company, I wish no one used it, but unfortunately, it has replaced Craigslist in the US.
I see A LOT of fake accounts on facebook. I’ve seen people I know get all their photos stolen and used to scam men online. I’ve seen random clones of other accounts for people I know slinging crypto scams.
Facebook needs to do something about that. There are too many media illiterate people on Facebook to do nothing.
That said, I’d rather this not be the way they handled it.
Facebook is acutely aware of the scams and actively encourages it.
You describe a lot of terrible experience but also explain that it is a necessity because it has replaced Craigslist.
I’d assume one can manage without an online marketplace when given conditions like these?
I too miss the Facebook marketplace but I wouldn’t give in to all this crap just to have access to it
Facebook has new users?? In 2026??
Right? I ditched them almost a decade ago.
Here’s a word of advice: do not use that sack of shit company for anything. Always use decentralized alternatives wherever possible
What is the decentralized alternative where all the people in my city are?
I don’t even use facial unlock on my phone. I enter the pin every time.
Unfortunately, to access the Social Security site, I was required to send a picture of my face and driver’s license. So, I suppose Trump will sell that to whoever want’s to buy it now.
if you’re using an iphone, the avoidance is just your own inconvenience. face id on iphone all happens locally, on a dedicated security chip in your phone. id be much more concerned with having any pictures of myself on google photos
