Options for when selfies are required? (lemmy.today)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by makeitwonderful@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] Zak@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago

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.

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