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by diebeforei485 2249 days ago
I know the media attacked Facebook for that announcement, but everything I can gather suggests that it was just meant to give victims more control and didn't have any nefarious motives (unlike other 'features' offered by Facebook).

https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1249202002875297792?s=...

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Consider the absurdity of the request. Send us a nude so we can play a better game of whack a mole. Also, consider the mental state of the person being asked to submit such a photo.

I mean good grief.

And this is before we even get into the fact that we’re talking about Facebook.

Yes, but the problem is what if the "opt out" dataset is leaked. What if a Facebook employee steals the data.

IMHO if this kind of measurements are required to protection the user it's _generally_ a better idea to not have a system which requires that.