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For example, someone could tag your face in a photograph even if you don't have a Facebook account.
by mannykannot 9y ago
For example, someone could tag your face in a photograph even if you don't have a Facebook account.
- reaperducer 9y agoAnd they don't even have to tag a face. Facebook does facial recognition on every face in a photograph. So you could be in the background of a picture taken in a restaurant by someone else and now suddenly you have a profile. Appear in the background of enough photos and Facebook can use other data to eventually figure out who you are, even if don't have a computer or smartphone.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> Appear in the background of enough photos and Facebook can use other data to eventually figure out who you are, even if don't have a computer or smartphone Facebook faces a class action lawsuit for "improperly us[ing] facial recognition technology on their uploaded photographs" under an Illinois law "that says a private entity such as Facebook can't collect and store a person's biometric facial information without their written consent" [1]. [1] https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/16/603056662/facebook-faces-class-action-lawsuit-challenging-its-use-of-facial-recognition-da https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/16/603056662...