Meta has developed new uses of facial recognition technology throughout the EU and the United Kingdom, with the aim of identifying and preventing the image of public characters from using crimes such as fraud, scams or impersonation of identity on the Internet.
This new technology will also allow users to verify their identity to recover access to committed accounts of Facebook and Instagram, or to request the review of the restrictive measures applied in certain situations by the different social networks owned by the goal.
How to detect scams easily
In addition to implementing improvements in facial recognition technologies, the company has published a series of tips to detect scams on the Internet. Are the following:
-Autentication in two steps: If you add an additional layer of protection to your accounts with two -step authentication you can protect it from the scammers and stay safe.
-Stestation by selfie. If you activate this possibility, in the event that you lose access to your account, you will have to take a selfie to enter again. This way you will make sure you can only access your profile.
-We web sites. Goal recommends “remain alert to fraudulent websites that mimic government government pages to steal personal data or ask for money.”
It is a somewhat empty advice, since similar alerts can be recommended for all types of web pages that try to get personal data, also those that mimic business portals, and so on. Nor is “how to be alert” indicated, so to expand this advice, follow these clues that we offer in another article.
-He suspicious offers. According to Meta, scammers steal money by attracting people with incredible offers. In this sense, it advises to verify the source of the great offers found on the Internet and not rush.
-False years of celebrities. The scammers use famous images to deceive and get to click suspicious ads. This is very common in social networks such as X.
-The romantic stages. Beware of romantic scams in apps to flirt like Tinder and others. Scammers create false convincing identity to generate trust and ask for money. Do not send money or data to anyone you don’t know.
