Tinder's Mandatory Face Scan Feature Comes To The US To Fight Fake Profiles

AI is becoming increasingly prevalent part of daily life, and dating is no exception. Of course, most people are hoping to meet other human beings while using dating apps, and not get caught up wasting time interacting with an AI generated profile. To help users on this front, Tinder will begin to roll out a new feature that will help in confirming that you are in fact looking at a real human’s profile.

The feature is called Face Check, which is a biometric face scan that requires users to take a video selfie to complete, and it uses technologies provided by FaceTec, a biometric identity verification company. The selfie is used by the system to confirm the user is a real person and matches other photos present in their profile. Additionally, it checks to see if a user might have other profiles to try and crack down on negative ...