Why VK asks for a passport when restoring the page

Not so long ago, the social network VKontakte did not ask for any documents from its users. It began quite recently, in the summer of 2018, which generated a lot of controversy and discontent among angry users who were planning to trick their pages back.

What is a passport for when restoring a VKontakte page

To unload employees and protect people from intruders. We apply the new neural network in two areas: when the user regains access to the page and to hide personal documents from the general search.

Restoring access to pages. Photos of documents help to return accounts to their real owners. For example, a user may have lost access to their phone number, or two-step authentication is enabled on the page, and there is no longer an opportunity to receive a one-time code to confirm login. The new development speeds up the consideration of applications: moderators no longer have to return incorrectly completed applications every time. The system simply prevents the visitor from submitting a form without the necessary images and asks to replace a random image with a document. Of course, we can still return access to the page itself only if it contains real photographs of the owner. We are talking about the security of accounts and the safety of personal data, which means that there can be no mistakes or accidents.

Filtering search results by the "Documents" section. All documents that users upload to this section or send through private messages are hidden from prying eyes by default and do not end up in search results. But the privacy level can be configured manually by yourself - for each individual file. Before the advent of the neural network, it was possible to find a decent number of documents with sensitive data by keywords. The owners of these files changed their privacy settings themselves. We secured users and began to remove photographs from public searches that could identify the presence of a document.

It is worth uploading at least one of your photos for the sake of safety.

Many people, for objective reasons, do not upload their own photos to the pages of the social network. Of course, they can be understood. But it's better to choose your clearest (in terms of quality). the best photo without strangers. And stop being afraid to send your documents to VK. Moreover, the most powerful human-made neural network will work with you.

Why you can't do it manually

In this case, manual analysis of the recovery questionnaires would take too much time and effort. And also human resources. It seems that no one wants to work for free. Therefore, one should think about where VK employees would be paid a salary from? Most likely, it would be necessary to increase the cost of stickers, VK gifts. Users won't like it. So, you have to use modern technologies in order to continue to delight you with great prices for virtual gifts!