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What if someone makes this for Facebook?

mr_sturd 10y ago
Facebook ToS [0]; > You will not collect users' content or information, or otherwise access Facebook, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our prior permission. Rate Limiting on the Graph API [1]; > Your app can make 200 calls per hour per user in aggregate. The Graph API terms, and end-user terms are lengthy, I'm sure someone else could better answer this, but I don't believe a developer would get away with it via the API, due to the rate limit, and a raw-HTTP image scraper would not be possible due to the randomly named images Facebook assigns. --- [0] https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms [1] https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/advanced/rate-limiting https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/advanced/rate...
- mainguy 10y ago
  OTOH, Facebook could buy their technology and then just use it for their own purposes...
  - mr_sturd 10y ago
    They'll be met with some opposition, in the EU and Canada. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/11/facebook-moments-facial-recognition-app-europe https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/11/facebook-...
  - yAnonymous 10y ago
    Facebook already have their own face recognition.
  - basch 10y ago
    like they did 4 years ago? http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/18/facebook-scoops-up-face-com-for-100m-to-bolster-its-facial-recognition-tech/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/18/facebook-scoops-up-face-com...
yAnonymous 10y ago
Facebook doesn't allow this, but even if they did, there are many laws in place in western countries regarding photographs of people in public, that would make creating and/or using such an app illegal.
- timlyo 10y ago
  Or in other words, something that only people with good enough lawyers could use.
- pbhjpbhj 10y ago
  Could you given an example of such a law?
informatimago 10y ago
Wrong question. The right question is: Who facebook already sold their equivalent system to? or else, what facebook is using it for? Zuckerberg has an agenda: http://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-suppressed-conser-1775461006 http://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-supp...
- zepto 10y ago
  Given that that story is unsubstantiated, it seems more like you have the agenda.
  - antisthenes 10y ago
    Is there any motivated, driven person without any form of agenda? It seems like a norm of human nature.
    - zepto 10y ago
      Sure, but in this case Zuckerberg's agenda is unsubstantiated, unlike 'informatimago's.
    - golergka 10y ago
      You can lack an agenda on a given topic though.

Facebook ToS [0]; > You will not collect users' content or information, or otherwise access Facebook, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our prior permission. Rate Limiting on the Graph API [1]; > Your app can make 200 calls per hour per user in aggregate. The Graph API terms, and end-user terms are lengthy, I'm sure someone else could better answer this, but I don't believe a developer would get away with it via the API, due to the rate limit, and a raw-HTTP image scraper would not be possible due to the randomly named images Facebook assigns. --- [0] https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms [1] https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/advanced/rate-limiting https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/advanced/rate...

mainguy 10y ago
OTOH, Facebook could buy their technology and then just use it for their own purposes...
- mr_sturd 10y ago
  They'll be met with some opposition, in the EU and Canada. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/11/facebook-moments-facial-recognition-app-europe https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/11/facebook-...
- yAnonymous 10y ago
  Facebook already have their own face recognition.
- basch 10y ago
  like they did 4 years ago? http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/18/facebook-scoops-up-face-com-for-100m-to-bolster-its-facial-recognition-tech/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/18/facebook-scoops-up-face-com...

yAnonymous 10y ago

Facebook doesn't allow this, but even if they did, there are many laws in place in western countries regarding photographs of people in public, that would make creating and/or using such an app illegal.

timlyo 10y ago
Or in other words, something that only people with good enough lawyers could use.
pbhjpbhj 10y ago
Could you given an example of such a law?

informatimago 10y ago

Wrong question. The right question is: Who facebook already sold their equivalent system to? or else, what facebook is using it for? Zuckerberg has an agenda: http://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-suppressed-conser-1775461006 http://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-supp...

zepto 10y ago
Given that that story is unsubstantiated, it seems more like you have the agenda.
- antisthenes 10y ago
  Is there any motivated, driven person without any form of agenda? It seems like a norm of human nature.
  - zepto 10y ago
    Sure, but in this case Zuckerberg's agenda is unsubstantiated, unlike 'informatimago's.
  - golergka 10y ago
    You can lack an agenda on a given topic though.