Earlier this week, Instagram announced that it was testing new options to test the users age for its verification system when making an account. Apparently, one of the options might have users take a selfie video to prove their age.

The popular social media platform has stated that it is testing two new ways to verify one’s age, apart from requiring them to upload their identity proof online. Erica Finkle, director of data governance at Meta (Instagram’s parent company), said that “When we know if someone is a teen (13-17 years), we provide them with age appropriate experiences like defaulting them into private accounts, preventing unwanted contact from adults they don’t know and limiting the options advertisers have to reach them with ads.”

For this verification system, the company will be partnering up with Yoti, which a firm that specializes in online age verification and also ensures users’ privacy. Once the video is uploaded by the user, Yoti’s technology estimates their age based on facial features. Following this, Meta and Yoti will delete the image once the age has been verified. Apart from this, Instagram also plans on allowing people to select three mutual followers to confirm the user’s age.

Although, the people vouching for the verification process must be at least 18 years old. Notably, the popular app is bringing this system after it paused the launch of Instagram Kids last year. This app was meant to be dedicated for children and would require parental approval by providing an ad free and age appropriate content on its platform.

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Many websites use CAPTCHAs to make users prove they are not bots. Sure, this effort increases cyber security, but it can be pretty annoying at times. However, there’s good news for iPhone users, you will not have to deal with as many annoying CAPTCHAs because iOS 16 will come with a new feature that will let users bypass CAPTCHAs in supported apps and websites.

According to MacRumors, Apple will be introducing a new feature for its iOS16, iPadOS 16, and MacOS Ventura called Automatic Verification. This feature will let some websites and apps know that you’re a human without you actually having to solve the CAPTCHA.

The report claims Apple has revealed details about how this feature will work in a developer video as part of WWDC 2022. The feature can be found in the Settings under Apple ID> Password & Security > Automatic Verification. Apple claims iCloud will automatically and privately verify your device and Apple ID account when you enable this new feature, thereby eliminating the need to complete CAPTCHA verifications on apps and websites.

Apple has partnered with two major content delivery networks (CDN)– Fastly and Cloudflare, to develop the system. These two CDNs are used by the majority of websites meaning that the ability to bypass CAPTCHAs may be coming to millions of apps and websites powered by either of the services. Moreover, the feature will roll out more widely in the near future.

This feature is enabled by default in the developer’s beta iOS 16 and iPadOS 16. The feature is also supported in macOS Ventura. The upcoming Apple software updates are still under development and are expected to roll out this fall.

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