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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Do Instagram and Facebook Want to See Your Photo ID?
Over the last week, several Instagram users began reporting that the photo-sharing app was locking them out of their accounts, and asking them to confirm their identity by showing photo ID
These incidents, which CNET first covered Tuesday, were reportedly a result of Instagram's new terms of service, which came into effect on Jan. 19.
At first, users were worried that their accounts were hacked. But Talking Points Memo confirmed Friday that the ID requests were actually legitimate, and came from Instagram and Facebook, which now owns the photo-sharing app.
"This is just a general practice for both Facebook and Instagram to request photo IDs for verification purposes depending on what type of violation may have occurred," a Facebook spokesperson told Talking Points Memo. "Unfortunately, I cant share more with you beyond that as we dont go into details beyond that."
more..http://mashable.com/2013/01/26/instagram-facebook-id/
http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/instagram-asking-for-users-government-issued-photo-ids-now-too.php
http://mashable.com/2013/01/18/instagram-change-kicks-in/
ananda
(28,783 posts)Geez
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)It's an aggressive, sometimes coordinated, tactic I've seen used in really heated arguments on places like The White House's Facebook page.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)time to tell them to go to hell and see how much their corporation is worth then
"This is just a general practice for both Facebook and Instagram to request photo IDs for verification purposes depending on what type of violation may have occurred," a Facebook spokesperson told Talking Points Memo. "Unfortunately, I cant share more with you beyond that as we dont go into details beyond that."
What a load of crap
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)something. It's a delicate dance. It's happened to people I know.
roseBudd
(8,718 posts)and you will not be back. Unfortunately for the banned, many don't know and continue to post what only they can see
I laugh at them. I see them responding to my comments that post to my wall.
niyad
(112,435 posts)Proud non-facebook-using Luddite here. I don't care what anyone says, I'm not missing anything.
reteachinwi
(579 posts)Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)And this is why:
Whisp
(24,096 posts)I had my account hacked and it took me weeks to get a hold of them on the toll free number. I was sent an email of what to do for reinstatement and besides the long, tedious requests there was one to provide a government issue photo ID. Now why would I trust them to have that secure when my account was hacked.
So I replied they can go and screw themselves. In the summer I'm going to have an 'Office Space' moment and the D3 disk, accompanied by a baseball bat.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)I prefer Twitter.. in so many ways.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)I am actually going through a whole social media/web presence revamp.
jsr
(7,712 posts)as in, Fuck Facebook.
EastKYLiberal
(429 posts)If only Twitter would do the same.
Th1onein
(8,514 posts)I value my privacy too much.
green for victory
(591 posts)Max Schrems shows the data collected on him after 1 year of "membership".
Every person in the EU has the right to access all the data that a company is holding about him/her. We don't have laws like this in the US because most people can't concentrate on one topic long enough to understand the concept.
see what data farcebook collects on YOU
http://europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Data_Pool/data_pool.html
Example:
Example:
Time 2011-04-16 18:51:27 UTC
Latitude 37.34688913
Longitude 121.94080227
Altitude 0
Accuracy 675
Altitude Accuracy -1
Heading -1
Speed -1
Sooner or later, facebook will demand Gov Id from everyone, just as Paypal is doing now.
Skittles
(152,965 posts)and facebook = HUGE source of idiots
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)I have seen some really risqué photos posted by my friends' teens who are not of age. But it could be copyright stuff as well.