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For the biometrics part, yes: Instagram never used biometrics, or at least they didn’t until this week when they started using it for an age verification proces
by _23sd 4y ago
For the biometrics part, yes: Instagram never used biometrics, or at least they didn’t until this week when they started using it for an age verification process, but even then there’s no collection of biometrics in regular usage. Facebook used faceprints until 2021, when they shut down those features under regulatory pressure, but even while the feature was active it was off by default rather than a condition of using the service.
- tiborsaas 4y agoThey did use a video ID to capture my face from different angles, but it stopped after a few weeks.
- _23sd 4y agoAccording to Instagram that is a manual review process, not facial recognition: https://twitter.com/InstagramComms/status/1460785610738704386 https://twitter.com/InstagramComms/status/146078561073870438...