Facebook on Wednesday introduced it’s piloting new instruments in India that may forestall misuse of profile photos. The social large stated that the function was rolled out after suggestions they acquired from customers in India. The new function provides extra management to customers by limiting who can obtain and share their profile photos.
Aarati Soman, Facebook Product Manager, introduced the new Photo Guard instrument, aka Profile Picture Guard. Additionally, she revealed Facebook can also be introducing designs to profile photos which the firm’s analysis has proven useful in deterring misuse. The function is predicted to rollout to customers in additional international locations quickly which signifies that this can be unique to customers in India for a while. Facebook says customers in India will begin seeing a step-by-step information to add an non-obligatory profile image guard. Once utilized, the profile picture can not be downloaded, shared, or despatched in a message on Facebook.
Additionally, people who find themselves not pals on Facebook will not have the option to tag anybody, together with themselves, in your profile image. Facebook additionally says that it’ll forestall others from taking a screenshot of your profile image on Facebook the place attainable. This function is at the moment obtainable solely on Android units.
With the new Photo Guard, customers who go for the new instrument will see a blue border and defend round their profile photos as a visible cue of safety.
If you’re enthusiastic about Facebook’s new picture guard function then comply with the beneath steps to safe your profile picture. Note, not everybody can be ready to see the function instantly, as it’s nonetheless being rolled out slowly in the nation.
Method 1
Refresh your News Feed, and you might even see a message (pictured beneath), prompting you to Help Protect Your Profile Picture
- Tap Turn On Profile Picture Guard
- You will then see a display explaining the advantages of the Profile Picture Guard
- Click Next
- You will then see your present profile picture, full with the defend image, with the possibility to Save
Method 2
- Open your Facebook profile.
- Tap your profile picture
- You will then see the possibility (pictured beneath) to Turn on profile image guard
- If chosen, you’re going to get the possibility to Save, after which see your profile picture with the defend image
As for the capability to add a design to your profile picture, the possibility reveals up as a immediate in your News Feed, similar to Method 1 above. You will see the message Add a Design to Your Profile Picture, adopted by the possibility to Add Design. Once you faucet this, you may then choose from a spread of design overlays, after which click on Next. The steps are pictured beneath.
Facebook reveals it developed the new profile image guard instrument in partnership with Indian security organisations like Centre for Social Research, Learning Links Foundation, Breakthrough and Youth Ki Awaaz.
“Based on preliminary tests, we’ve learned that when someone adds an extra design layer to their profile picture, other people are at least 75 percent less likely to copy that picture,” stated Soman. Facebook says that these designs will make it simpler for customers to report misuse of their profile image.