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Facebook is using new tools in India to stop profile photo theft
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Facebook now has over 1 billion users worldwide, and it has become a major way for people to communicate and share experiences with others. However, there are concerns in some countries about the outside use of profile pictures when they are uploaded to a person’s Facebook account, especially for women. This week, Facebook announced they are trying out a new set of tools in India designed to keep profile images from being downloaded and copied.
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The optional profile guard tools, when applied to images uploaded to Facebook, will keep those images from being downloaded, shared or sent via a message by others. If a person is not your Facebook friend, the new tools won’t allow him or her to tag anyone, including themselves, in a profile picture. In addition, the tools will prevent screenshots of profile images if they are displayed on an Android device.
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Facebook says that if this trial period in India is successful, it plans to roll out these image guard tools to other countries. Hopefully they will be a deterrent to anyone who might want to copy and use these photos without the consent of their owners.