# Locked out of Facebook -Personal photo problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 8, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-of-facebook-personal-photo-problem/806112 "2018-01-08T05:54:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-of-facebook-personal-photo-problem/806112/21 "2018-01-09T17:14:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Just a reminder: face shot /= money shot. I did write back first and asked if a photograph would do, instead. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-of-facebook-personal-photo-problem/806112/22 "2018-01-09T17:37:47Z")
You were just unlucky enough to be part of their testing for a new login test: > **[Facebook is asking users to upload a selfie to prove who they are  ](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/11/29/facebook-asking-users-upload-selfie-prove/)** > > Facebook has begun requesting users upload a selfie to verify they are a real person and not a bot. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-of-facebook-personal-photo-problem/806112/23 "2018-01-09T17:47:36Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > You were just unlucky enough to be part of their testing for a new login test: > [Facebook is asking users to upload a selfie to prove who they are  ](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/11/29/facebook-asking-users-upload-selfie-prove/) How legit is this source? The last line of the article says > [@](#): > > Last month, Facebook began asking users to send them naked photos and videos of themselves to stop revenge porn. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-of-facebook-personal-photo-problem/806112/24 "2018-01-09T17:57:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > How legit is this source? The last line of the article says > > > [@](#): > > > > Last month, Facebook began asking users to send them naked photos and videos of themselves to stop revenge porn. [That did happen](https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/07/facebook-revenge-porn-strategy-involes-sending-nudes-to-self/). In Australia. Starting in November (which may have been “last month” when your article came out.) Yes. Lots have folks have commented in the IT and social networking press how broken it is to give Facebook your nekkid pictures in order to protect yourself from having anyone (else, besides Facebook) have your nekkid pics. :rolleyes: For all of that, I’m sure (hoping) that none of that has anything to do with your account unlock. (Unless they demanded dick pics? :eek:) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-of-facebook-personal-photo-problem/806112/25 "2018-01-09T18:13:54Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > For all of that, I’m sure (hoping) that none of that has anything to do with your account unlock. (Unless they demanded dick pics? :eek:) I’ll send in a dick pic when they get rid of the laughing emoji. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-of-facebook-personal-photo-problem/806112.md?page=1)