I see more and more apps and services requiring a selfie to proceed.
What are our privacy minded people doing when they want to use a service but not provide the selfie?
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That has a very high probability of convincing me not to use that app or service.
I’m imagining inserting a face-swap program into the software stack powering the webcam. I know it’s technically feasible with Video4Linux.
I have not used a service with this requirement, and will refuse to at any point. Self hosting, open source, offline.
Many online services derive value from the critical mass of users they home. This plus financial apps would include virtually all instances where facial images are required for security purposes. Self-hosting cannot solve this problem for you, you are effectively saying you will refrain from using these social and financial services at all.
Kojima San to the rescue
If it’s something like a bank or the government which already know my real identity then I don’t really care. For anything else, then I just don’t use the service.
You should in the first place avoid them, but if it’s necessary :
https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/
Could work
I don’t use apps or services that require a photo, video of myself, upload of my ID, etc.
I feel like this is a superstitious resistance. My face is the least sensitive identifying factor I have. My email address is more sensitive than my face!!!
When people are identified and arrested based on photos and videos, you don’t think it’s a serious concern? You can always change your email address. You can’t change your face easily or cheaply.
I’ve never provided a selfie and I never will. When it’s demanded, I find another service.
The last time I selfie was demanded was when I attempted to sign up for an online bank, Simplii Financial. SF wanted a selfie and my ID. SF used to have a physical locations one could go to for opening an account. Now it’s all online.
In the US, some of the government sites require verification through id.me now
Another reason I’m glad I don’t live there.
Unless it is something absolutely necessary like a bank app or something which I haven’t run into requirements for then I’d stay away from those types of apps and services.
Like if it is social media then I can live without it. Discord had those leaks from verification so even more reason to just stay away if frivolous apps or services like that ask for it.
On your ID/pass and maybe your CV. Nowhere else.
Depends on what kind of services… if it’s ESTA, visa, official documents basically, or KYC from a bank, well yes, if there is no better way (e.g. cryptographic signature via physical ID card with chip) then I’ll do it.
If it’s for a random Website they can fuck off.
I’ve only experienced anything like this once, and it was while trying to sign up for a popular cash (payment) app. I noped the fuck out.
I never tested it, but what about having a second phone with those filters that change your appearance, and then you point your camera on its screen?
I’d look for an alternative. Failing that, I would try every trick to fake that selfie.
What are you using that requires a selfie? I can’t think of any services or apps I use that require a selfie. It can’t be that hard to avoid if I’ve never encountered one.
If I want to partake in the carting club in my local community I need an image of my face. That would be one.
It is commonly used for AML and other user-verification purposes.
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How can we be sure that that person actually does not exist?
I thought they just used AI generated faces
Yes, I know, but how do you know that it doesn’t accidentally generate a face that’s identical to an existing person’s face? After all, it’s trained on images of humans.
