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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I've been a social media hermit for the past 3 years but recently I've given up and created a few accounts across different apps again. It's unreal how strict the requirements are now.

  1. Give e-mail (ok)
  2. Give phone number (.... eeh, ok)
  3. Use the new account for a while
  4. Account suspended, please upload selfie to continue (no thanks xi). There are also some verification promps where you have to record a video and rotate your face left to right

If this isn't a message to move to indie web I don't know what is

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[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 76 points 6 months ago

I've had that a few times on my accounts (I scrape content so they get suspended relatively often) and I always just grab a photo from thispersondoesnotexist.com and crop out the watermark. It hasn't failed me yet.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Do you have a good recommendation for when they ask for a photo ID? I read about OnlyFake, but its down and I can't find an alternative.

Basically I want thisIDdoesnotexist

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 6 points 6 months ago

I've never had them ask for a photo ID so idk.

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

I know you can get ID deets here, but I don't know any service that turns it into a facsimile of a state ID card.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah basically that plus thispersondoesnotexist thrown into a Photoshop template rendered as a photo on a floor carpet with AI

Edit: I found https://verif.tools but some of them don't look very good.

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

can confirm this also works with google account

this post was submitted on 10 May 2024
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