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  • Tinder Photo Verification

    Tinder’s catfish detector is now available in the UK

    by 
    Marc DeAngelis
    Marc DeAngelis
    06.24.2020

    Take two selfies and Tinder will compare them to your photo library. If it's a match, you'll get a blue checkmark.

  • Tinder

    Pass Tinder’s catfish test and you’ll get verified

    by 
    Christine Fisher
    Christine Fisher
    01.23.2020

    In an attempt to deter catfishing, or that awkward moment when you show up for a date and the other person looks nothing like their photos, Tinder is introducing a new Photo Verification feature. The tool will compare a series of real-time posed selfies to existing profile photos. If the photos match and pass a human-assisted AI review, the user will get a blue checkmark on their profile.

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    CNN: Email 'prankster' catfished White House personnel

    by 
    Richard Lawler
    Richard Lawler
    08.01.2017

    Ready for another story about political emails? CNN reports tonight that a person described as a "prankster" from the UK emailed several White House officials and successfully fooled them into believing he was a colleague. That included a message claiming to be from senior adviser Jared Kushner to Homeland Security advisor Tom Bossert, which teased out a response from Bossert that included his personal email address. The emailer tweets under the handle SINON_REBORN, where he has posted screenshots of the emails.