I only want to use it for facebook marketplace, but jeez i didnt know they were taking it this far with this crap…

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    I don’t even use facial unlock on my phone. I enter the pin every time.

    Unfortunately, to access the Social Security site, I was required to send a picture of my face and driver’s license. So, I suppose Trump will sell that to whoever want’s to buy it now.

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    Use a Google Voice phone number, and an AI generated photo/video.

    You can even use augmentations to create different photos/videos of the same fake person. Or create an “altered” version of yourself close enough to match whatever Facebook has.

    …Hopefully.

    I’m in the same predicament. There’s always eBay, but they take a fat cut on top of whatever is paid for shipping.

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    People who are saying to just delete Facebook or don’t use it aren’t wrong of course (I say that myself, to be clear I hate FB); but as someone who tries to buy and sell things secondhand (I see it as being environmentally responsible), this is largely becoming impossible to do locally without Facebook Marketplace. I honestly have some grudging respect for Facebook’s ability to survive just when you think they might start to become irrelevant. Things were headed that way for them, then they bought Instagram. And then the last couple years, it was sort of common knowledge that the only people who use it anymore are old folks and Nazis… and then FB Marketplace kills Craigslist and becomes the only app people use for local buying/selling.

    Idk maybe there’s some opportunity here for some local buy/sell federated service?

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      Yeah, they are like cockroaches. An alternative to marketplace and online stores is sorely needed, even for good old exchange of things.

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      If buying shit at Goodwill and selling it online is how you choose to make your living, then I suppose you’re “stuck” with FB.

      But, if you are making a living at it, or significantly supplementing your income, then your privacy is the cost of doing business. At least you are profiting something from the deal.

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        As with everything else incl. Facebook, the solution to getting critical mass is to use it.

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    Are they the police?

    Would never upload picture to American big tech service and im surprised people think thats something they agree to. I guess the addiction is too strong, to these shitty services.

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      In my country, biometrics are now prevalent. I had a very hard time giving my face to my bank, but the government is on board with this because, they say, we have to combat money laundry. They are trying to tie EVERYTHING to our identities: biometrics, mobile phone number, official documents, bank accounts, they are all tightly tied already.

      So, people feel like their biometrics are already out there, since they don’t grasp the concept of attack surface. Until now, we need to give our biometrics to vote, to pay taxes, to get a passport, to get a drivers license (in some places), and to get a serious bank account. The only way we can deny biometrics is by not needing any of those services (very poor, and very rich people that don’t like to travel the world). Under these circumstances, most people just give away their biometrics to anyone that asks, it’s a given for them.

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    Delete Facebook and problem solved. Here, where I live, we have websites for marketplace and website for concerts.

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      tbf some developing countries still use facebook daily, if youre from the west its easy to say to just log out and delete your account, but if youre from one of those countries its just hard to cut that out you know. but yeah fuck facebook

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    As a sane person I never joined Facebook until recently. At least I tried to. Got rejected for no reason- it said I violated their authenticity requirements or some bullshit. Nonsense. I looked it up and it’s common - if they can’t farm enough data off you to sell they don’t want you. Couldn’t care less, but Zuckerberg is a human cancer.

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      lol ‘Sane’ people wait to see the damage wrought by this dogshit then wait three years for more of it and THEN try to join. Your sane and my sane are different sanes. Best of luck, citizen!