Tinder is testing the necessary facial identification features in the United States to confirm the profiles and eliminate imitation and fake accounts. New users in California now need to provide biometric “face check” scan so that their profile for dating service for their face verification is match with photos, Axios Notified on Monday.
The facial checking feature includes taking a short video selfie used to match the biometric indicator and proves that the tender user is not a boot using artificially made images, which provides them with certified seeds after completion. The scan will also check whether the user’s face is being used in numerous accounts, which can help users prevent it from being imitated or using them through “catfish” profiles.
The fee check is different from the Tinder’s ID check feature, which uses government -issued ID to verify users’ age and identification, while apparently the fee check only requires users uploading selfie video. Tinder users provided video selfies to confirm their profiles from 2023, but the verification was not necessary to create a tender account. This change means that the California residents will have to complete some versions of verification if they want to use the platform exactly.
“We see it as part of the identity indicator options that are available to users,” said Yuel Roth, head of the match group confidence and safety, said. Axios. “Facial examination … really about confirming that this person is a real, living person and not a boot or fraud account.”
Tinder says the selfie video has been deleted once the verification is completed, but the platform stores the “non -recessive, encrypted face map” to detect duplicate user accounts in the future.
The facial testing feature in Columbia and Canada has already become a pilot, Ruth said Axios The results of the “affiliated” in these tests appeared to “improve the impression of authenticity” and reduce reports of bad actors. According to Roth, Tinder will now monitor how consumers in California respond to a facial examination feature before the decision, whether it should be extracted more extensively throughout the United States.
