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Reddit and FaceID Verification (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Reddit CEO says facial verification may be introduced. Ostensibly to prevent bots.

But we all know how dangerous this can be. But most likely Reddit users will just accept it.

Although they have a great free analogue right under their noses - Lemmy. Which is many times better than its competitor.

I wish more people would discover Lemmy, but that's unlikely.

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[–] 16 points 5 months ago (8 children)

What pisses me off about that statement is that it won't even fix the bots. It's public knowledge that most of the bots on the platform are intentional to maintain the image that the site is super popular still, which means those accounts would just get manually verified and skip the process.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Because of the current situation, on Reddit I tend to delete my posts older than about a month and then delete my account at least once a year, and register a new one with a randomly generated username.

    It’s not because I’m malicious or intend to spam. It’s because I want to participate and to contribute, but am fearful of being arrested for behavior that is in no way violent, threatening, or dangerous, but which may be politically targeted. I don’t want my posts to make me a target, and I don’t want my posts to be tied together.

    I use VPNs and block browser fingerprinting.

    Before this, I had three accounts that were more than a decade old(one for personal stuff, one for work, and one for NSFW stuff, to keep everything separate).

    But there is NO way in hell that I will use Reddit for even one day if there is a face ID requirement.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    I don't even see a point in commenting on the current version of reddit anymore (and I haven't for a couple of years). You're either replying to bots or about to get into a useless argument with a bad faith actor. I'll gladly comment on reddit alternatives because it's a better experience for me and it's more likely to get other people to make the switch.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    and block browser fingerprinting.

    FYI that just makes you stand out like a sore thumb. With the current state of user tracking, it's better to blend in than to look like you're hiding something.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Without blocking browser fingerprinting, they can identify your specific computer regardless of how many different accounts you use or how many different browsers you use.

    Correct browser fingerprinting blocking does NOT block attempts to fingerprint. It just generates false information for their fingerprint detection tools.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    So reddit admin targets me, no permaban because I abandon accounts after a second violation, or a first now, just in the first week, for something not even close to promoting violence that they held up on appeal.

    Can I make an anonymous account? Like use a vpn, I already use a temporary email like guerilla mail to sign up. Or could I even use Tor to access? I actually kind of need it for networking on some of my work stuff.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    It’s public knowledge that most of the bots on the platform are intentional to maintain the image that the site is super popular still

    I'm not saying you're wrong and I know many people assume that, but is there a clear source for this?

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