Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of Your Face'

Re:Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of You... by mvdwoord on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @03:04PM (#15810341)

I uploaded a cropped/mirrored picture of Jack Nicholson in the Shining. After 48 hours the account was working again, no idea what happens in that process.

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Re:Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of You... by mirimir on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @03:54PM (#15810747)

Well, it's rather disappointing that they didn't catch something as simple as that ;)

It's already nontrivial to create fake Facebook accounts. For those serious about it, who already deal with IPs and mobile numbers, I can't imagine that creating novel photorealistic faces would be all that problematic.

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Re:Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of You... by thomas_howland on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @09:54PM (#15813096)

Not that surprising; can you recognize random Bollywood stars?

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Re:Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of You... by kinkrtyavimoodh on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @04:53PM (#15811201)

I'd advise against playing such games if your FB account matters to you. They have often blocked / disabled accounts based on these things.

If not, then go ahead, by all means.

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Re:Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of You... by mvdwoord on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:34AM (#15814522)

I have deleted my fb years ago. Had to reinstate because apparently you need(ed) it for Tinder signup. I was horny.

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