• Facebook bends to Europe's will, disables facial recognition (for now)
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[quote=Ars Technica] Facebook has agreed to disable its facial recognition service for European users, Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner announced today. Facebook has come under fire in the EU for using facial recognition software to identify the people in users' photos and suggest friends to tag in those photos. Germany recently called the practice illegal and demanded that Facebook disable the facial recognition service and destroy its database of files based on facial recognition technology. Facebook said at the time that it didn't have to, because the data collection is legal in Ireland, where the company has its European headquarters. But Irish authorities were conducting an inquiry of their own, and forced Facebook to partially adopt what Germany demanded. Regarding the "tag suggest/facial recognition feature," Facebook has agreed "to go beyond our initial recommendations, in light of developments since then, in order to achieve best practice," Irish Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes said in an announcement. "This feature has already been turned off for new users in the EU and templates for existing users will be deleted by 15 October, pending agreement with my Office on the most appropriate means of collecting user consent." Facebook isn't giving up on facial recognition in the EU forever. In a statement sent to TechCrunch, it said, "It’s worth us reiterating that once we have agreed [on] an approach on the best way to notify and educate users with the DPC, we hope to bring back this useful tool." In addition to the facial recognition issue, the commission said Facebook has agreed to provide better transparency to users on how data is collected, increased user control over privacy settings, and the "implementation of clear retention periods for the deletion of personal data or an enhanced ability for the user to delete items." Not all of its recommendations have been implemented yet, the commission noted. You can read its full report here. While it does not say whether all facial recognition data will be deleted, a code review has determined that "when a user disables the tag suggestions feature that the facial recognition data for that user is deleted."[/quote] [url="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/facebook-bends-to-europes-will-disables-facial-recognition-for-now/"]Source[/url]. I am glad that governments are finally standing up to facebook.
TRY RECOGNISE MY PICTURES FACEBOOK AHAHAHAHAHA [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8f4YX.jpg[/IMG] [editline]21st September 2012[/editline] I'm so sorry
but facial recognition isnt even bad why is this an issue [editline]21st September 2012[/editline] its such a cool technology
[QUOTE=dbk21894;37751873]but facial recognition isnt even bad why is this an issue [editline]21st September 2012[/editline] its such a cool technology[/QUOTE] They were giving stores free access to it to identify people via security cameras.
[QUOTE=dbk21894;37751873]but facial recognition isnt even bad why is this an issue [editline]21st September 2012[/editline] its such a cool technology[/QUOTE] It could be considered an invasion of privacy if someone takes a picture with you in the background without knowing and you don't want people to know you were at pandora's box sex shop
I don't understand why a social network needs facial recognition. I can recognise my own face you know. Plus Facebook isn't the most trustworthy of companies.
[QUOTE=jamzzster;37751842]TRY RECOGNISE MY PICTURES FACEBOOK AHAHAHAHAHA [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8f4YX.jpg[/IMG] [editline]21st September 2012[/editline] I'm so sorry[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitvid-channel-avatars/4eed401a6d57e.1.jpg[/IMG]
Facebook just keeps getting worse, privacy-wise, in my eyes. Sadly no one uses Google+
good thing i dont use my face for my profile picture
I like their innovation but I don't feel right walking into a store and then my phone telling me where I am at and other shit. I normally check in if I am going anywhere for a long time and that halts half of how many people talk to me which is nice but no, I don't feel comfortable having my face recognized anywhere
I uploaded a bunch of photos the other day. It managed to pick one face out, which was reflected and distorted. None of the other faces were detected. I don't think this technology is that big a deal :v:
[QUOTE=Catdaemon;37754991]I uploaded a bunch of photos the other day. It managed to pick one face out, which was reflected and distorted. None of the other faces were detected. I don't think this technology is that big a deal :v:[/QUOTE] Imagine my reaction when it autotagged a friend as being my dog in a photo :v:
[QUOTE=dbk21894;37751873]but facial recognition isnt even bad why is this an issue [editline]21st September 2012[/editline] its such a cool technology[/QUOTE] Because it could [I]in theory[/I] detect people in photos that they might not be want to be tagged in and suggest it to the person who uploaded it.
That's why i use a impossible pic as my facebook avatar,their servers burned down three times in a row
Why would you even use facebook? I tried to find my old classmate, just entered her first and second name, city. Bam, there she was. With all her photos, friends etc. I wouldn't want any one to find me just like that. Contact with friends? Cell phone, skype etc.
I quit Facebook long ago. Once I was there, I found a lot of old buddies, classmates, etc. Then I was spammed with stupid messages, ordinary bullshit and Game requests. Now I'm a hermit.
[QUOTE=Bleacher;37759488]Why would you even use facebook? I tried to find my old classmate, just entered her first and second name, city. Bam, there she was. With all her photos, friends etc. I wouldn't want any one to find me just like that. Contact with friends? Cell phone, skype etc.[/QUOTE] You can set a lot of your details and posts to be only visible to your friends. I had mine set up like that, but it turned out I have a semi-common name, so I made a few of my details, like my university and high school, public.
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