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I found a video online that I want to watch. The trouble is, it's on facebook and it says you need an account to watch it. So I tried to sign up to facebook, but when it gets to a certain stage in the process it says:

**Confirm your identity with a video selfie

To make sure that you're a real person, we need you to record a video selfie. We'll ask you to move your head during the recording to help us capture your face at different angles.**

What the hell? Is it me, or does this seem insanely sinister? what do they want this for?

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[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 33 points 4 days ago (2 children)

To train their AI.

Don’t do it!

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

you can use ai to do a video of someone for you though

edit: here's how: https://github.com/hacksider/deep-live-cam

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 17 points 4 days ago

yea its probably for their video generation AI

[–] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 33 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I absolutely would not even sign up to Facebook or any site/app owned by Facebook if you can help it.

I'm not going to. I just wanted to watch a video but it's not worth doing this for.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Last time I made a burner account on fb to troll chud boomers was back in 2020 right around when the chapo sub got banned. Anyway back then you could make an account with a fake name and get away with it but I see times have changed for the worse.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 20 points 4 days ago

Yeah, i tried to spin up a burner for a work thing recently and they wanted a fuckin photo id. Lmao

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 29 points 4 days ago

stick a wig on one of those styrofoam head dummies and see if that works

[–] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 28 points 4 days ago

ffs i thought you were joking or it's country dependent or something. jfc

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 24 points 4 days ago

Law enforcement. Facebook is a massive fedposting trap.

Selfie pic bear-despair

[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 22 points 4 days ago

Fuck Facebook. I of course don’t use it, but in typical me fashion, I keep holding out hope that others will jump ship and realize how fucking awful it is

Not a chance lol

[–] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i once had an instagram account. i used it exclusively to post screenshots from a variety of comfy games where you can do decoration, like sims and stardew and stuff, because i play those games a lot. i ended up getting quite a few followers. i posted maybe twice a week.

one day, i logged in, and it told me i had been banned due to suspicious activity. it wouldn't give me my account back unless i sent a selfie of my face while holding up a card with my instagram handle on it. i did not do this, and they permanently closed the account

rip my internet clout ig

[–] dRLY@hexbear.net 8 points 4 days ago

That sounds like 4Chan shitposters trying to trick you into something (bet the next step would have been to put a shoe on your head). lol

It is like all the stuff that would have previously been a huge tip-off of a phising attempt, are just now used by the supposed "legit" services/sites. I am curious how much such a "check" matters with all the AI gen stuff getting better faster than the "prove you are human" stuff.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 days ago

I tried to make an Instagram account and it did the same thing and I just deleted the account. Ridiculous.

[–] Weedian@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

i had to do that shit on a .gov website to apply for an apartment and file my taxes because someone tried to steal my identity and file for me

i made an angry face

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 16 points 4 days ago

Submit your identity to the great ZUCC

[–] Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 4 days ago

glad i deleted my account ages ago

[–] T34_69@hexbear.net 11 points 4 days ago

I had to do this bs to get "verified" repeatedly to work for Instacart iirc

[–] dragongloss@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago

can you use a PC to make a burner account

[–] un_mask_me@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago

This is so creepy. Between this and companies asking for selfie video recordings answering generic interview questions before they'll even look at your resume, I'm proud to be called weird for being paranoid and reclusive.