> Even if this account does not contain and pictures of yourself or it represents somebody or something else, we can only help you when we receive a picture of you which fulfills these criteria.
That's the part that makes me wonder what they're trying to accomplish. I had the same thing happen in 2019, so it's been going on for a long time. For me it happened with a handle that matches a decent .com domain I own when I was going around and registering accounts at every site I could think of (ie: brand protection).
As far as I'm concerned they got nothing that helps them determine whether or not I'm going to use the account for legitimate purposes. I also did not violate their terms of service because it was a brand new registration. I didn't even get an email. I had to figure out where to send the request to have my account reactivated.
I didn't like the idea of sending them a photo, but felt forced into it to make sure no one else could come along and squat on the handle that matches my brand. I don't have trademarks (yet) and, even if I did, claiming someone is violating a trademark is going to be a significant amount of effort vs sending them the photo they want.
So, I capitulated even though I have no idea what they're using my photo for. My best guess is that Mark has it framed and hanging in his private art studio.
I think there's a good chance that eventually big tech is going to run on massive facial recognition databases that were built against our will. I think Facebook, Google, Apple, and Microsoft should be chopped into about 10 different companies each and the government shouldn't give any consideration to the impact it has on their business. They have no respect for us. We shouldn't have any respect for them IMO.
> I think there's a good chance that eventually big tech is going to run on massive facial recognition databases that were built against our will.
too late - this is an active industry with lots of funding. Further I believe that "metaverse" is an attempt to link that auto-ID to place, with tracking and profiles of all sorts of meat-scale interactions. The calls to boycott "metaverse" in the USA could not come soon enough.
>I think there's a good chance that eventually big tech is going to run on massive facial recognition databases that were built against our will.
>eventually
Already does. It's just not a bread and butter component of every company's business yet.
We're already past the time where, in a few years, people will start pointing back and saying "well, if you don't like it, you should have done something then."
That's the part that makes me wonder what they're trying to accomplish. I had the same thing happen in 2019, so it's been going on for a long time. For me it happened with a handle that matches a decent .com domain I own when I was going around and registering accounts at every site I could think of (ie: brand protection).
As far as I'm concerned they got nothing that helps them determine whether or not I'm going to use the account for legitimate purposes. I also did not violate their terms of service because it was a brand new registration. I didn't even get an email. I had to figure out where to send the request to have my account reactivated.
I didn't like the idea of sending them a photo, but felt forced into it to make sure no one else could come along and squat on the handle that matches my brand. I don't have trademarks (yet) and, even if I did, claiming someone is violating a trademark is going to be a significant amount of effort vs sending them the photo they want.
So, I capitulated even though I have no idea what they're using my photo for. My best guess is that Mark has it framed and hanging in his private art studio.
I think there's a good chance that eventually big tech is going to run on massive facial recognition databases that were built against our will. I think Facebook, Google, Apple, and Microsoft should be chopped into about 10 different companies each and the government shouldn't give any consideration to the impact it has on their business. They have no respect for us. We shouldn't have any respect for them IMO.