The largest social network wants to take the security of their accounts further and for this has asked users to upload a selfie of them to verify their identity.
This to avoid suspicious activities in their profiles, according to several specialized media such as Wired, Andro4All and 9to5google.
Wired contacted the owner of Facebook Mark to find out more about this form of account verification and Facebook have ensured that the selfie is removed from the servers once authentication is done. During this verification process, the user will not be able to access his account.
According to unofficial sources will not be worth any picture, it will have to be a new and unique In this way it would prevent any person accessing our terminal could use one already stored in the phone, an information not confirmed by Facebook.
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