Facebook buys Boston software company that authenticates IDs
Facebook Inc is buying a software firm that specializes in authenticating government-issued identification cards, the two companies said on Tuesday, a step that may help the social media company learn more about the people who buy ads on its network.
[...] Boston-based Confirm Inc, which is privately held, said on its website that the acquisition was the culmination of three years of work to build technology to keep people safe online. [...] Confirm says that its software allows for proof of identity for online transactions, allowing users to detect potentially fraudulent activity.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @07:00PM
I was interpreting the acquisition as a way of more effectively identify people in content. For example in the pictures and video clips so that those bastards that don't already have accounts will be forced to in order to remove the tagging information from those videos.
The log in biometrics is likely more about cracking down on fake accounts so that they can more effectively catch people evading the ban on fake names for the "safety" of the other users.