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They probably asked your friends if the picture was you or not; they'd almost certainly be willing to do the verification if told it was to "prevent someone fro

They probably asked your friends if the picture was you or not; they'd almost certainly be willing to do the verification if told it was to "prevent someone from impersonating you".

yeukhon 9y ago
I thought they did that, but my experience has been quick, so I cannot imagine anyone got asked. I suspect it was either an automated process, or some human looked at my photos and decide whether I am that person. I believe it would be both, so facial recognition can be trained and perfected. I'd lean to say if this was all automated, they probably did a "Google image" search and came to the conclusion it could not have been the user.
- Joe-Z 9y ago
  Well, even here you seem to be posting from two different accounts. Even I get the feeling of 'suspicious activity' with your story.
  - unkown-unknowns 9y ago
    Or you know, you are talking to another person that has had the same experience.
  - yeukhon 9y ago
    Please do not accuse me without any proof. I only have one account. You have no idea what you are talking about. Do not insult people like that. You can look up my public profile. I am done talking with you.
    - CamelCaseName 9y ago
      Wow, that escalated very quickly. Joe-Z probably thought you were Convery because your comment seems to flow from his seamlessly, I made the same mistake.
      - yeukhon 9y ago
        This applies to a lot of people too because there is a cluster of people who agree/think alike, and there is a cluster who aren't relatively to the other group. The way he said it is actually very insulting and condescending, pretty much ready to attack me and accuse me for something I did not do. I am glad you are being honest with me how you felt in the first place. That would have been a better way to express one's doubt. Although I am not famous, just a nobody HNer, I hope people would at least do a little research on my profile first before accusing me playing a persona game.

They probably asked your friends if the picture was you or not; they'd almost certainly be willing to do the verification if told it was to "prevent someone from impersonating you".

yeukhon 9y ago

I thought they did that, but my experience has been quick, so I cannot imagine anyone got asked. I suspect it was either an automated process, or some human looked at my photos and decide whether I am that person. I believe it would be both, so facial recognition can be trained and perfected. I'd lean to say if this was all automated, they probably did a "Google image" search and came to the conclusion it could not have been the user.

Joe-Z 9y ago
Well, even here you seem to be posting from two different accounts. Even I get the feeling of 'suspicious activity' with your story.
- unkown-unknowns 9y ago
  Or you know, you are talking to another person that has had the same experience.
- yeukhon 9y ago
  Please do not accuse me without any proof. I only have one account. You have no idea what you are talking about. Do not insult people like that. You can look up my public profile. I am done talking with you.
  - CamelCaseName 9y ago
    Wow, that escalated very quickly. Joe-Z probably thought you were Convery because your comment seems to flow from his seamlessly, I made the same mistake.
    - yeukhon 9y ago
      This applies to a lot of people too because there is a cluster of people who agree/think alike, and there is a cluster who aren't relatively to the other group. The way he said it is actually very insulting and condescending, pretty much ready to attack me and accuse me for something I did not do. I am glad you are being honest with me how you felt in the first place. That would have been a better way to express one's doubt. Although I am not famous, just a nobody HNer, I hope people would at least do a little research on my profile first before accusing me playing a persona game.