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Will this actually solve this? Her account may be verified but that doesn't stop another unverified account from spoofing her. The announcement mentions "imper
by advisedwang 4y ago
Will this actually solve this? Her account may be verified but that doesn't stop another unverified account from spoofing her.
The announcement mentions "impersonation protection against accounts claiming to be you" but I'm skeptical how advanced that's going to be. It can't stop name reuse (because real people have the same name). And preventing someone creating a second account with the same image would be perfectly possible today, with no verification system, so I doubt that's it either.
- anonuser123456 4y agoIt’s a chicken and egg problem. You want people to start ignoring unverified accounts and make the social expectation that only verified accounts are good. But people. won’t do so until it’s common. Once established it’s a great network effect. But networks with effects are hard to start.
- wkat4242 4y agoIt'll never be common at this price. Perhaps in Silicon Valley $12 is the price of a cup of coffee but here in Spain it is 10 times that :P
- janalsncm 4y agoI don’t know what goes into the verification system but if it requires an ID that would prevent most amateur spoofs.
- jjeaff 4y agoYou are assuming that everyone the spoofer contacts is going to know that grandma is a verified user and so this can't be her. Of course, the vast majority of people would not give it a second thought and so this would have no effect on the spoofing problem.
- dyno12345 4y agoshould you have to pay to not be impersonated? weird business model