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Re:TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and v... by resfirestar on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @11:54AM (#31921924)
For the biometrics part, yes: Instagram never used biometrics, or at least they didn’t until this week when they started using it for an age verification process, but even then there’s no collection of biometrics in regular usage. Facebook used faceprints until 2021, when they shut down those features under regulatory pressure, but even while the feature was active it was off by default rather than a condition of using the service.
Re:TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and v... by tiborsaas on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @11:58AM (#31921993)
They did use a video ID to capture my face from different angles, but it stopped after a few weeks.
Re:TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and v... by resfirestar on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @01:19PM (#31923059)
According to Instagram that is a manual review process, not facial recognition: https://twitter.com/InstagramComms/status/146078561073870438...