Facebook Brings Face Recognition To All Users, Discontinues 'Tag Suggestions' (reuters.com) 26
Facebook said on Tuesday its face recognition technology will now be available to all users with an option to opt out, while deciding to discontinue a related feature called 'Tag Suggestions.' From a report: Face recognition, which was available to some Facebook users since December 2017, notifies an account holder if their profile photo is used by someone else or if they appear in photos where they have not been tagged.
Tag Suggestions, which used face recognition only to suggest a user to tag friends in photos, has been at the center of a privacy related lawsuit since 2015. The lawsuit by Illinois users accused the social media company of violating the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act, claiming it illegally collected and stored biometric data of millions of users without their consent.
Tag Suggestions, which used face recognition only to suggest a user to tag friends in photos, has been at the center of a privacy related lawsuit since 2015. The lawsuit by Illinois users accused the social media company of violating the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act, claiming it illegally collected and stored biometric data of millions of users without their consent.
And what about those of us without an account? (Score:5, Insightful)
Are we just opted-in by default?
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^^^
Should I re-activate my account, opt out of this nonsense, and then deactivate my account again?
Or would that open doors I'd rather leave closed? God I hate FaceBook...
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Yes.
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Opt out? There is no "Opt out". Facebook is lying.
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Re:And what about those of us without an account? (Score:4, Insightful)
Facebook sux, but the point is moot. In the future near enough to be confused with the present, Ring doorbells and traffic surveillance cameras will have already catalogued those not participanting.
Re:And what about those of us without an account? (Score:4, Interesting)
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Lucky you if they actually honored that request instead of just doing whatever they wanted anyway and playing dumb about it afterwards.
Re: And what about those of us without an account? (Score:2)
There is a setting in Facebook to not allow third parties to tag you in photos unless you approve them. I have always had it on, as does everyone in my family.
Re: And what about those of us without an account? (Score:2)
I forbade my friends and family from uploading photos of me
What about people you don't even know? I don't even have an account and yet my picture was uploaded. As far as I am concerned the asshat should have been fired, but all he got was a three day suspension. My photo is still on fb, I still don't have an account and I never will. Privacy is dead.
Re:And what about those of us without an account? (Score:4, Interesting)
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sure, but what does it mean to opt out of facial recognition?
It means they won't tell you they have identified you.
Obviously they will still store the information and keep track of you, this is Facebook we are talking about here. What else would you expect?
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Drop the friends? I like them, they're good friends. I don't want to drop them. I just don't want FB tagging my face. I guess I could just not be in the pictures, but they send me copies of the pics and I like having them. I just don't want FB saying "makes $60k-$80k/year, likes video games, linux, and hentai porn. Doesn't shave every day, migh
Re: And what about those of us without an account? (Score:2)
People can't tag you if you don't have an account. The tag is for your account.
Re: And what about those of us without an account? (Score:2)
If you don't have an account then no one can tag you anyway.
Opt out means... (Score:2)
Zuckerberg won't stop until he's taught respect (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Zuckerberg won't stop until he's taught respect (Score:4, Funny)
Too soon?
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We have proof that that doesn’t work.
Please explain... (Score:5, Interesting)
I don't want Zucerbook to acquire/possess/use/process/sell/transfer or in any other way "use" my data. I only grant FB the right to delete all copies of said data FB has access to.
As someone without FB account, how do I opt out from all data collection/use/sales related in any identifiable way to me?
Can someone please explain? Serious, but likely rhetorical question.
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