Facebook will alert you if someone tries to impersonate you

Phishing on the net is one of the biggest problems users are facing today. Although, so far there seem to be few effective solutions against this type of practice. Facebook wants to end them. So they announce a new tool in their fight against identity theft. They seek to protect the identity of the user and will notify if someone uploads photos of you.

Facebook will alert you if someone tries to impersonate you

It is a facial recognition technology that will notify users when they upload a photo in which they appear but in which they have not been tagged. Also when someone uploads a photo of you and wants to use it as a profile photo on Facebook.

Facebook fights against identity theft

In the event that you appear in a photo that someone has uploaded and you are part of the audience of said post, the social network will notify you. Even if you haven't been tagged in the photo. In this way, the user has the option of controlling their own image on the social network. You can decide if you want to tag yourself, let it pass or contact the person who uploaded the photo.

This facial recognition technology will be disabled by default. So it will be Facebook users who can decide whether to activate this function. In this way they will have control over the photos that are uploaded from them. And thus be able to take actions if necessary.

It is good to see that the social network takes the fight against identity theft seriously. Each new measure is a step in the right direction. Something that happens with this ad. We will see how it works when it is put into practice.

Via Facebook Blog