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venusenvy: I'm not sure if you've heard the news, but Facebook is officially getting super-creepy. Facebook announced Tuesday that it will be implementing facial recognition technology for all users in the next few weeks, semi-automating the photo-tagging process. Sure, you can "opt-out" of the service, but it's a pretty weak consolation. After all, opting out won't keep Facebook from gathering data and recognizing your face--it'll just keep people from tagging you automatically.
The new facial recognition technology, which was announced in December but only introduced to a small test group, is basically Facebook's way of creating a huge, photo-searchable database of its users. And yes, it's terrifying.
Basically, Facebook is using facial recognition technology to "suggest" tags to users who upload photos. In other words, if I upload six photos of my friend Kaitlin, Facebook may "recognize" her face (thanks to other tagged photos of her on the website) and "suggest" that I tag her in those six photos. This makes the tagging process a little easier for me--after all, aren't I more likely to tag Kaitlin if all I have to do is click a button that says "yes, tag away"? Another "benefit" is that I can tag all of these photos of Kaitlin at once--as Facebook said in a blog post, isn't it a whole lot better to be able to tag all of those photos of Kaitlin at once, instead of having to tag each one individually?
Sure, I guess it's easier. Easier for Facebook to invade my privacy, that is.
Ok, I know I sound a little melodramatic. But let's take a look at some facts here:
- Facebook has 600 million members.
- Each day, Facebook's members upload over 200 million photos, and Facebook currently hosts over 90 billion photos.
- Each time you "tag" a photo on Facebook, its facial recognition technology learns more about what that person looks like.
- Even if you happen to "opt out" of the facial recognition tagging, Facebook's technology can surely use the tagged photos of you (hey, perhaps even the tagged photos of you that you end up un-tagging) to figure out what you look like.
- Right now Facebook is using this technology to help people tag photos. But once they have an accurate facial recognition database of several hundred million people? Hmm.
At the end of the day, Facebook's facial recognition technology is downright creepy. Opting out of the service doesn't mean Facebook will stop trying to recognize your face--it just means that Facebook will stop suggesting that other people tag you. Even Google has noted the utter creepiness of facial recognition technology (though I suspect they're just waiting for Facebook to get burned). Facial recognition technology will ultimately culminate in the ability to search for people using just a picture. And that will be the end of privacy as we know it--imagine, a world in which someone can simply take a photo of you on the street, in a crowd, or with a telephoto lens, and discover everything about you on the internet.
Obviously, we can't stop the world of technology from moving toward the development of accurate facial recognition software. But so far, no facial recognition software has really been a threat to our privacy, because nobody has that huge database of people and photos required. Oh wait, except Facebook totally does.
Yeah. So not only should you opt out of Facebook's facial recognition technology by going to Account Account Settings Privacy Customize Settings Things Others Share and disabling "Suggest photos of me to friends," you should also upload random pictures of trees and animals and stuffed toys and tag them as yourself.
Dont know about you guys but this scares the crap outta me
The new facial recognition technology, which was announced in December but only introduced to a small test group, is basically Facebook's way of creating a huge, photo-searchable database of its users. And yes, it's terrifying.
Basically, Facebook is using facial recognition technology to "suggest" tags to users who upload photos. In other words, if I upload six photos of my friend Kaitlin, Facebook may "recognize" her face (thanks to other tagged photos of her on the website) and "suggest" that I tag her in those six photos. This makes the tagging process a little easier for me--after all, aren't I more likely to tag Kaitlin if all I have to do is click a button that says "yes, tag away"? Another "benefit" is that I can tag all of these photos of Kaitlin at once--as Facebook said in a blog post, isn't it a whole lot better to be able to tag all of those photos of Kaitlin at once, instead of having to tag each one individually?
Sure, I guess it's easier. Easier for Facebook to invade my privacy, that is.
Ok, I know I sound a little melodramatic. But let's take a look at some facts here:
- Facebook has 600 million members.
- Each day, Facebook's members upload over 200 million photos, and Facebook currently hosts over 90 billion photos.
- Each time you "tag" a photo on Facebook, its facial recognition technology learns more about what that person looks like.
- Even if you happen to "opt out" of the facial recognition tagging, Facebook's technology can surely use the tagged photos of you (hey, perhaps even the tagged photos of you that you end up un-tagging) to figure out what you look like.
- Right now Facebook is using this technology to help people tag photos. But once they have an accurate facial recognition database of several hundred million people? Hmm.
At the end of the day, Facebook's facial recognition technology is downright creepy. Opting out of the service doesn't mean Facebook will stop trying to recognize your face--it just means that Facebook will stop suggesting that other people tag you. Even Google has noted the utter creepiness of facial recognition technology (though I suspect they're just waiting for Facebook to get burned). Facial recognition technology will ultimately culminate in the ability to search for people using just a picture. And that will be the end of privacy as we know it--imagine, a world in which someone can simply take a photo of you on the street, in a crowd, or with a telephoto lens, and discover everything about you on the internet.
Obviously, we can't stop the world of technology from moving toward the development of accurate facial recognition software. But so far, no facial recognition software has really been a threat to our privacy, because nobody has that huge database of people and photos required. Oh wait, except Facebook totally does.
Yeah. So not only should you opt out of Facebook's facial recognition technology by going to Account Account Settings Privacy Customize Settings Things Others Share and disabling "Suggest photos of me to friends," you should also upload random pictures of trees and animals and stuffed toys and tag them as yourself.
Dont know about you guys but this scares the crap outta me
It is scary. Today our faces, tomorrow, who knows??
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deblake60: It is scary. Today our faces, tomorrow, who knows??
This is a bad case of big brother taking liberties I think
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really scary....the reason why i deleted my account in facebook
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venusenvy: I'm not sure if you've heard the news, but Facebook is officially getting super-creepy. Facebook announced Tuesday that it will be implementing facial recognition technology for all users in the next few weeks, semi-automating the photo-tagging process. Sure, you can "opt-out" of the service, but it's a pretty weak consolation. After all, opting out won't keep Facebook from gathering data and recognizing your face--it'll just keep people from tagging you automatically.
The new facial recognition technology, which was announced in December but only introduced to a small test group, is basically Facebook's way of creating a huge, photo-searchable database of its users. And yes, it's terrifying.
Basically, Facebook is using facial recognition technology to "suggest" tags to users who upload photos. In other words, if I upload six photos of my friend Kaitlin, Facebook may "recognize" her face (thanks to other tagged photos of her on the website) and "suggest" that I tag her in those six photos. This makes the tagging process a little easier for me--after all, aren't I more likely to tag Kaitlin if all I have to do is click a button that says "yes, tag away"? Another "benefit" is that I can tag all of these photos of Kaitlin at once--as Facebook said in a blog post, isn't it a whole lot better to be able to tag all of those photos of Kaitlin at once, instead of having to tag each one individually?
Sure, I guess it's easier. Easier for Facebook to invade my privacy, that is.
Ok, I know I sound a little melodramatic. But let's take a look at some facts here:
- Facebook has 600 million members.
- Each day, Facebook's members upload over 200 million photos, and Facebook currently hosts over 90 billion photos.
- Each time you "tag" a photo on Facebook, its facial recognition technology learns more about what that person looks like.
- Even if you happen to "opt out" of the facial recognition tagging, Facebook's technology can surely use the tagged photos of you (hey, perhaps even the tagged photos of you that you end up un-tagging) to figure out what you look like.
- Right now Facebook is using this technology to help people tag photos. But once they have an accurate facial recognition database of several hundred million people? Hmm.
At the end of the day, Facebook's facial recognition technology is downright creepy. Opting out of the service doesn't mean Facebook will stop trying to recognize your face--it just means that Facebook will stop suggesting that other people tag you. Even Google has noted the utter creepiness of facial recognition technology (though I suspect they're just waiting for Facebook to get burned). Facial recognition technology will ultimately culminate in the ability to search for people using just a picture. And that will be the end of privacy as we know it--imagine, a world in which someone can simply take a photo of you on the street, in a crowd, or with a telephoto lens, and discover everything about you on the internet.
Obviously, we can't stop the world of technology from moving toward the development of accurate facial recognition software. But so far, no facial recognition software has really been a threat to our privacy, because nobody has that huge database of people and photos required. Oh wait, except Facebook totally does.
Yeah. So not only should you opt out of Facebook's facial recognition technology by going to Account Account Settings Privacy Customize Settings Things Others Share and disabling "Suggest photos of me to friends," you should also upload random pictures of trees and animals and stuffed toys and tag them as yourself.
Dont know about you guys but this scares the crap outta me
The new facial recognition technology, which was announced in December but only introduced to a small test group, is basically Facebook's way of creating a huge, photo-searchable database of its users. And yes, it's terrifying.
Basically, Facebook is using facial recognition technology to "suggest" tags to users who upload photos. In other words, if I upload six photos of my friend Kaitlin, Facebook may "recognize" her face (thanks to other tagged photos of her on the website) and "suggest" that I tag her in those six photos. This makes the tagging process a little easier for me--after all, aren't I more likely to tag Kaitlin if all I have to do is click a button that says "yes, tag away"? Another "benefit" is that I can tag all of these photos of Kaitlin at once--as Facebook said in a blog post, isn't it a whole lot better to be able to tag all of those photos of Kaitlin at once, instead of having to tag each one individually?
Sure, I guess it's easier. Easier for Facebook to invade my privacy, that is.
Ok, I know I sound a little melodramatic. But let's take a look at some facts here:
- Facebook has 600 million members.
- Each day, Facebook's members upload over 200 million photos, and Facebook currently hosts over 90 billion photos.
- Each time you "tag" a photo on Facebook, its facial recognition technology learns more about what that person looks like.
- Even if you happen to "opt out" of the facial recognition tagging, Facebook's technology can surely use the tagged photos of you (hey, perhaps even the tagged photos of you that you end up un-tagging) to figure out what you look like.
- Right now Facebook is using this technology to help people tag photos. But once they have an accurate facial recognition database of several hundred million people? Hmm.
At the end of the day, Facebook's facial recognition technology is downright creepy. Opting out of the service doesn't mean Facebook will stop trying to recognize your face--it just means that Facebook will stop suggesting that other people tag you. Even Google has noted the utter creepiness of facial recognition technology (though I suspect they're just waiting for Facebook to get burned). Facial recognition technology will ultimately culminate in the ability to search for people using just a picture. And that will be the end of privacy as we know it--imagine, a world in which someone can simply take a photo of you on the street, in a crowd, or with a telephoto lens, and discover everything about you on the internet.
Obviously, we can't stop the world of technology from moving toward the development of accurate facial recognition software. But so far, no facial recognition software has really been a threat to our privacy, because nobody has that huge database of people and photos required. Oh wait, except Facebook totally does.
Yeah. So not only should you opt out of Facebook's facial recognition technology by going to Account Account Settings Privacy Customize Settings Things Others Share and disabling "Suggest photos of me to friends," you should also upload random pictures of trees and animals and stuffed toys and tag them as yourself.
Dont know about you guys but this scares the crap outta me
There is no privacy on the internet
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leni0822: really scary....the reason why i deleted my account in facebook
This may be a conspiracy too far but What if Facebook was owned by the CIA?
If I disappear off the planet in the next 24 hours, you'll know it is!
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I read about this yesterday and if I was on Facebook I would have cancelled my account. There are too many ways with all this technology to steal your identity. That's why I don't have a pic on my profile although I'm thinking someday I will put a pic on, but not sure when. It seems to create bickering amongst the peeps if you don't have a pic. 
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venusenvy: This is a bad case of big brother taking liberties I think
Yeah, V, for sure! Somehow FB got merged with my Yahoo mail and chat. Now I know I did not authorized it and I always Opt-out, I like my semi-privacy. lol. Now, I'm wondering (yes, me being paranoid. . . . probably) if FB is now apart of my yahoo, would they be able to view what I write and to whom, whenever they feel they want to??
The only positive thing I can think of for FB at all, it keeps me in contact with my friends and family.
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This really worries me. Ive always been very cautious of Facebook anyway, but who the hell gave him permission to invade my privacy in this manner? Personally I think dude is a loose cannon the more I learn about him, and its already the largest depository of personal info in the world. I shudder to think of all this info in the hands of a could be madman and I also believe everyone has a price and is corruptable...The ramifications of this are very scary indeed 
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venusenvy: This really worries me. Ive always been very cautious of Facebook anyway, but who the hell gave him permission to invade my privacy in this manner? Personally I think dude is a loose cannon the more I learn about him, and its already the largest depository of personal info in the world. I shudder to think of all this info in the hands of a could be madman and I also believe everyone has a price and is corruptable...The ramifications of this are very scary indeed
Everybody should just flood their profiles with false information so that anything on there is useless.
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venusenvy: This really worries me. Ive always been very cautious of Facebook anyway, but who the hell gave him permission to invade my privacy in this manner? Personally I think dude is a loose cannon the more I learn about him, and its already the largest depository of personal info in the world. I shudder to think of all this info in the hands of a could be madman and I also believe everyone has a price and is corruptable...The ramifications of this are very scary indeed
Not to detract from the seriousness of this; but I love it when you say ram.
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Godsgift: Everybody should just flood their profiles with false information so that anything on there is useless.
I like the suggestion about posting random pics trees and such and tagging it as yourself
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BB_snickers: Not to detract from the seriousness of this; but I love it when you say ram.
Ramma Blamma Ding Dong Baby
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I really dont like the idea of this at all , could get alot of people in trouble ....
'where were u last night?' -
'home dear'
'hmmm its not what facebook is showing me !!!'
Could get very complicated indeed !
'where were u last night?' -
'home dear'
'hmmm its not what facebook is showing me !!!'
Could get very complicated indeed !
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venusenvy: I'm not sure if you've heard the news, but Facebook is officially getting super-creepy. Facebook announced Tuesday that it will be implementing facial recognition technology for all users in the next few weeks, semi-automating the photo-tagging process. Sure, you can "opt-out" of the service, but it's a pretty weak consolation. After all, opting out won't keep Facebook from gathering data and recognizing your face--it'll just keep people from tagging you automatically.
The new facial recognition technology, which was announced in December but only introduced to a small test group, is basically Facebook's way of creating a huge, photo-searchable database of its users. And yes, it's terrifying.
Basically, Facebook is using facial recognition technology to "suggest" tags to users who upload photos. In other words, if I upload six photos of my friend Kaitlin, Facebook may "recognize" her face (thanks to other tagged photos of her on the website) and "suggest" that I tag her in those six photos. This makes the tagging process a little easier for me--after all, aren't I more likely to tag Kaitlin if all I have to do is click a button that says "yes, tag away"? Another "benefit" is that I can tag all of these photos of Kaitlin at once--as Facebook said in a blog post, isn't it a whole lot better to be able to tag all of those photos of Kaitlin at once, instead of having to tag each one individually?
Sure, I guess it's easier. Easier for Facebook to invade my privacy, that is.
Ok, I know I sound a little melodramatic. But let's take a look at some facts here:
- Facebook has 600 million members.
- Each day, Facebook's members upload over 200 million photos, and Facebook currently hosts over 90 billion photos.
- Each time you "tag" a photo on Facebook, its facial recognition technology learns more about what that person looks like.
- Even if you happen to "opt out" of the facial recognition tagging, Facebook's technology can surely use the tagged photos of you (hey, perhaps even the tagged photos of you that you end up un-tagging) to figure out what you look like.
- Right now Facebook is using this technology to help people tag photos. But once they have an accurate facial recognition database of several hundred million people? Hmm.
At the end of the day, Facebook's facial recognition technology is downright creepy. Opting out of the service doesn't mean Facebook will stop trying to recognize your face--it just means that Facebook will stop suggesting that other people tag you. Even Google has noted the utter creepiness of facial recognition technology (though I suspect they're just waiting for Facebook to get burned). Facial recognition technology will ultimately culminate in the ability to search for people using just a picture. And that will be the end of privacy as we know it--imagine, a world in which someone can simply take a photo of you on the street, in a crowd, or with a telephoto lens, and discover everything about you on the internet.
Obviously, we can't stop the world of technology from moving toward the development of accurate facial recognition software. But so far, no facial recognition software has really been a threat to our privacy, because nobody has that huge database of people and photos required. Oh wait, except Facebook totally does.
Yeah. So not only should you opt out of Facebook's facial recognition technology by going to Account Account Settings Privacy Customize Settings Things Others Share and disabling "Suggest photos of me to friends," you should also upload random pictures of trees and animals and stuffed toys and tag them as yourself.
Dont know about you guys but this scares the crap outta me
The new facial recognition technology, which was announced in December but only introduced to a small test group, is basically Facebook's way of creating a huge, photo-searchable database of its users. And yes, it's terrifying.
Basically, Facebook is using facial recognition technology to "suggest" tags to users who upload photos. In other words, if I upload six photos of my friend Kaitlin, Facebook may "recognize" her face (thanks to other tagged photos of her on the website) and "suggest" that I tag her in those six photos. This makes the tagging process a little easier for me--after all, aren't I more likely to tag Kaitlin if all I have to do is click a button that says "yes, tag away"? Another "benefit" is that I can tag all of these photos of Kaitlin at once--as Facebook said in a blog post, isn't it a whole lot better to be able to tag all of those photos of Kaitlin at once, instead of having to tag each one individually?
Sure, I guess it's easier. Easier for Facebook to invade my privacy, that is.
Ok, I know I sound a little melodramatic. But let's take a look at some facts here:
- Facebook has 600 million members.
- Each day, Facebook's members upload over 200 million photos, and Facebook currently hosts over 90 billion photos.
- Each time you "tag" a photo on Facebook, its facial recognition technology learns more about what that person looks like.
- Even if you happen to "opt out" of the facial recognition tagging, Facebook's technology can surely use the tagged photos of you (hey, perhaps even the tagged photos of you that you end up un-tagging) to figure out what you look like.
- Right now Facebook is using this technology to help people tag photos. But once they have an accurate facial recognition database of several hundred million people? Hmm.
At the end of the day, Facebook's facial recognition technology is downright creepy. Opting out of the service doesn't mean Facebook will stop trying to recognize your face--it just means that Facebook will stop suggesting that other people tag you. Even Google has noted the utter creepiness of facial recognition technology (though I suspect they're just waiting for Facebook to get burned). Facial recognition technology will ultimately culminate in the ability to search for people using just a picture. And that will be the end of privacy as we know it--imagine, a world in which someone can simply take a photo of you on the street, in a crowd, or with a telephoto lens, and discover everything about you on the internet.
Obviously, we can't stop the world of technology from moving toward the development of accurate facial recognition software. But so far, no facial recognition software has really been a threat to our privacy, because nobody has that huge database of people and photos required. Oh wait, except Facebook totally does.
Yeah. So not only should you opt out of Facebook's facial recognition technology by going to Account Account Settings Privacy Customize Settings Things Others Share and disabling "Suggest photos of me to friends," you should also upload random pictures of trees and animals and stuffed toys and tag them as yourself.
Dont know about you guys but this scares the crap outta me
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If your friends put up a group pic with you in it and tag you, whether you opt out or not your recorded
is this correct
is this correct
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missha72: I really dont like the idea of this at all , could get alot of people in trouble ....'where were u last night?' -
'home dear'
'hmmm its not what facebook is showing me !!!'
Could get very complicated indeed !
'home dear'
'hmmm its not what facebook is showing me !!!'
Could get very complicated indeed !
Honestly, Mish its bad enough that employers feel they have the right to peruse your F/B account
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almera03: If your friends put up a group pic with you in it and tag you, whether you opt out or not your recorded
is this correct
is this correct
Thats right Al
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venusenvy: Thats right Al
So unless you delete FB, your no longer in control of your IDHow much fun the hackers are going to have and how rich they'll become selling your ID with photo attached...
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venusenvy: Honestly, Mish its bad enough that employers feel they have the right to peruse your F/B account
Now that i totally disagree on - Facebook is personal , your employer has no right to access your personal life .
Infact i had a mild fight over this with a friend the other day .
she has something like 4.500 friends on hers and i have something like 300 ( most from the uk school ect long lost friends etc etc )
which i do love about FB it allows u to contact people you would never have heard from again etc ( thats the good point of it ) But i personal have changed all my settings on FB to keep everything private even pictures are only allowed to be viewed by friends and no one else .
I dont add people i dont know - I mean why should I ?
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Sure, you can "opt-out" of the service, but it's a pretty weak consolation. After all, opting out won't keep Facebook from gathering data and recognizing your face--it'll just keep people from tagging you automatically.
The new facial recognition technology, which was announced in December but only introduced to a small test group, is basically Facebook's way of creating a huge, photo-searchable database of its users. And yes, it's terrifying.
Basically, Facebook is using facial recognition technology to "suggest" tags to users who upload photos. In other words, if I upload six photos of my friend Kaitlin, Facebook may "recognize" her face (thanks to other tagged photos of her on the website) and "suggest" that I tag her in those six photos. This makes the tagging process a little easier for me--after all, aren't I more likely to tag Kaitlin if all I have to do is click a button that says "yes, tag away"? Another "benefit" is that I can tag all of these photos of Kaitlin at once--as Facebook said in a blog post, isn't it a whole lot better to be able to tag all of those photos of Kaitlin at once, instead of having to tag each one individually?
Sure, I guess it's easier. Easier for Facebook to invade my privacy, that is.
Ok, I know I sound a little melodramatic. But let's take a look at some facts here:
- Facebook has 600 million members.
- Each day, Facebook's members upload over 200 million photos, and Facebook currently hosts over 90 billion photos.
- Each time you "tag" a photo on Facebook, its facial recognition technology learns more about what that person looks like.
- Even if you happen to "opt out" of the facial recognition tagging, Facebook's technology can surely use the tagged photos of you (hey, perhaps even the tagged photos of you that you end up un-tagging) to figure out what you look like.
- Right now Facebook is using this technology to help people tag photos. But once they have an accurate facial recognition database of several hundred million people? Hmm.
At the end of the day, Facebook's facial recognition technology is downright creepy. Opting out of the service doesn't mean Facebook will stop trying to recognize your face--it just means that Facebook will stop suggesting that other people tag you. Even Google has noted the utter creepiness of facial recognition technology (though I suspect they're just waiting for Facebook to get burned).
Facial recognition technology will ultimately culminate in the ability to search for people using just a picture. And that will be the end of privacy as we know it--imagine, a world in which someone can simply take a photo of you on the street, in a crowd, or with a telephoto lens, and discover everything about you on the internet.
Obviously, we can't stop the world of technology from moving toward the development of accurate facial recognition software. But so far, no facial recognition software has really been a threat to our privacy, because nobody has that huge database of people and photos required. Oh wait, except Facebook totally does.
Yeah. So not only should you opt out of Facebook's facial recognition technology by going to Account Account Settings Privacy Customize Settings Things Others Share and disabling "Suggest photos of me to friends," you should also upload random pictures of trees and animals and stuffed toys and tag them as yourself.
Dont know about you guys but this scares the crap outta me