Facebook tests facial recognition to verify users

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Facebook tests facial recognition to verify users

Facebook could introduce a facial recognition system to verify the identity of users, according to app researcher Jane Manchun Wong.

The system could make it harder for malicious actors to gain unauthorised access to accounts.

Wong identified a reference to the tool in Facebook's mobile app and detailed the functionality in a tweet yesterday.

 

[xera]

Facebook - pick a finger.

 

[Sl8er]

A notification states that the video will be seen by no one else and deleted 30 days after identity confirmation.

 

[satanboy]

The system could make it harder for malicious actors to gain unauthorised access....