Facial recognition isn't fooled unless others participate in this, and even then it's going to be localized. Google Photos recognizes that the John Smiths in my

Facial recognition isn't fooled unless others participate in this, and even then it's going to be localized. Google Photos recognizes that the John Smiths in my contacts are unlikely to be the same John Smiths in thousands of other peoples contacts, and can easily differentiate between the 2 John Smiths in my contacts because I've tagged a few of each. If your friends who have added you on social media also uploaded random crap and tagged you in it, it could fool the facial recognition for your group of friends, but if <distant relative> who has no mutual friends with you on social media tags you correctly in their photos, it probably won't fix it for your friends since it will probably assume they're 2 different yous.