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[IbizaPocholo]

Reddit Could Be The Next Platform To Force Face ID

It's not the only platform that has required some sort of verification in recent months.

www.thegamer.com

In speaking to the Technology Business Programming Network (TPBN) podcast, CEO Steve Huffman affirmed that things like Face or Touch ID have been considered.

"The most lightweight way is with something like Face ID or Touch ID," Huffman said (Thanks Engadget for the spot). "They actually require a human presence, like a human has to touch, or do or look at something, so that actually just proves there's a person there or gets you pretty far."

If those don't come to the platform, then other options, like third-party services that are decentralized or don't require ID, could be instituted. Similarly, there could be a lane where ID-checking programs are used.

For his part, Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, admitted that Face ID wasn't something he had thought of, but it might be something that needs to be done.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Whole lot of ugos going to be stored in their database.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Internet is no longer anonymous. Gotta start saying racist shit in real life instead.

 

[neo raider]

You know what platform needs face or id verification? Fucking Snapchat

I opened Snapchat for 5 minutes or maybe even less and I found lots of pedophiles.

I hate id verification but Holy shit, Snapchat needs to implement it ASAP

 

[realcool]

Then send that database to Chris Hansen.

 

[The_hunter]

Reddit is all bots

 

[Moondoggy]

Gonna be difficult with all the Furry costumes

 

[ihavezippers]

Reddit is all bots

And as result is mostly garbage now.

 

[Memati187]

Got banned there, so go ahead.

 

[Arsic]

GAF should force this so I can see how many of you, myself included, looking like pure mouth breathing retards trying to convince me this next loli anime gacha game is going to be amazing.

 

[Nankatsu]

Reddit mods trembling with the off-chance of actually getting their face captured.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Lotta creeps and general predators about to be outed.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Please let this happen so it can destroy reddit.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Please let this happen so it can destroy reddit.

Yeah this is where I'm at at this point, too. Just let is all burn. The revolution must finally eat it's children. Make way for something new.

 

[tamago84]

Imagine having to work as a reddit face verifier

 

[Sgt.Asher]

"Uh oh" say the teen sub moderators

 

[rkofan87]

Reddit Could Be The Next Platform To Force Face ID

It's not the only platform that has required some sort of verification in recent months.

www.thegamer.com

boo I'm one of the few gaf who uses Reddit if you stay away from woke shit its a good site.

 

[nikos]

Honestly would be good for that site. Weed out the bots and goblins.

 

[rkofan87]

Honestly would be good for that site. Weed out the bots and goblins.

and the pedophiles

 

[Draugoth]

They are already asking for an ID in Brazil and UK

You can just send them a facescan of some random on Youtuber and they will accept it. Security is not a priority.

Internet is no longer anonymous. Gotta start saying racist shit in real life instead.

People will start finding ways to bypass verification with fake IDs, people will find ways to stay anonymous

 

[LordCBH]

You fellow perverts will put a FACE to your porn subreddits. Why? Because the new world order COMMANDS it.

Reject this, I say. Let these platforms BURN to the ground.

 

[Fake]

Yes please. Let that place burn.

 

[Fbh]

Whole lot of ugos going to be stored in their database.

Looking forward to the leaks:

 

[DeepEnigma]

Looking forward to the leaks:

They look like Roblox frequenters.

 

[Trilobit]

Looking forward to the leaks:

Found the fed!

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Looking forward to the leaks:

What is this line-up from?

 

[IntentionalPun]

Lotta creeps and general predators about to be outed.

Literally nothing to do with that.

 

[AJUMP23]

Sam porter bridges will be a major poster.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Do it, I'm close to having my current account permabanned, but I haven't made that final push to find some nsfw meme to make it happen. It's a shitty place to be and the safe havens are very rare and they're still infected (more or less).

 

[GermanZepp]

GAF should force this so I can see how many of you, myself included, looking like pure mouth breathing retards trying to convince me this next loli anime gacha game is going to be amazing.

Leave the waifus alone man.

I like to think of Gaf as a bunch of 40'yrs old dudes around a barbecue fire talking about games and teasing each other

 

[Atrus]

After going out of their way to incompetently hide post histories and enable bots and state actors, they consider this?

Yeah, it certainly has nothing to do with proving that there's a human behind the account.

 

[Ishma3L]

 

[Unknown Soldier]

This is a good idea, forcing user ID verification will make it easier for the FBI to monitor the site which contains the most would-be leftist terrorists off any site I've seen on the Internet

 

[LyricalShrike]

After going out of their way to incompetently hide post histories and enable bots and state actors, they consider this?

Yeah, it certainly has nothing to do with proving that there's a human behind the account.

I'd prefer no post histories myself. I find nothing more pathetic than people who comb a person's history to try and win an argument. I liked the internet more when we tried to be anonymous.

 

[uncreativename]

Good. Reddit was a mistake anyway.

 

[vindafarna]

Great news. That will likely have the lunatics there scrambling for a reddit alternative (inspired by bluesky)

 

[Atrus]

I'd prefer no post histories myself. I find nothing more pathetic than people who comb a person's history to try and win an argument. I liked the internet more when we tried to be anonymous.

If the site is open to the internet, it's all being recorded and can be searched by username.

Hiding post histories is not only futile, it's a red flag that the people doing it don't want to be accountable for what they say. In an anonymous internet, that's probably something really bad, really stupid, or is a giveaway to bot accounts.

Context matters and post histories provide that. That way people can screen who they respond to.

 

[newtypepilot]

bots have faces?

 

[uncreativename]

If the site is open to the internet, it's all being recorded and can be searched by username.

Hiding post histories is not only futile, it's a red flag that the people doing it don't want to be accountable for what they say. In an anonymous internet, that's probably something really bad, really stupid, or is a giveaway to bot accounts.

Context matters and post histories provide that. That way people can screen who they respond to.

I don't think it's necessarily that they're trying to hide something really horrible, but these days a lot of people feel the need to share way too much about themselves. That's gotta be a big part of why instagram is so popular, because it's got the built in option to automatically delete the embarassing things you post.