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More info: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/09/update-face-recognition/ https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/09/update-face-recognition... The feature is now opt

More info: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/09/update-face-recognition/ https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/09/update-face-recognition... The feature is now opt-in. It is turned off for all new users and for those who only had the "tag suggestion" setting on. Disclaimer: I work at Facebook and this feature is managed by my team.

joeblau 7y ago
I deleted my facebook account years ago — how do I delete myself?
- pesenti 7y ago
  If you are not a Facebook user or you do not have the Face Recognition on, we will not create or store a face template to recognize you.
  - chinathrow 7y ago
    Is that the truth or will a court later fine your company for lying?
    - jrockway 7y ago
      When you ask hypotheticals like this, it comes across as an attack. When you attack people, they stop showing up to share their unique knowledge and experience.
      - IllogicalLogic 7y ago
        Facebook's chronic underhanded tactics requires one to ask for confirmation. The onus is on the dishonest party not the victims. Good that he asked... we all should more.
lightedman 7y ago
When are you going to fix the 2FA account issue I noted last year? I'm beyond responsible disclosure times, y'all have been totally silent (which has had the consequence of me being unable to access my account for a year) and I think I'd like to be going public with it really soon.
rswail 7y ago
I appreciate you coming here and commenting. One question, do you construct "templates" for faces that are unmatched by existing templates that are correlated? This would allow a shadow face recognition profile to be generated that could be later matched to a known image. I've had face recognition turned off anyway, and I'm not particularly concerned about it, I'm interested though in how internally FB manages "unknown" images, shadow profiles etc.
- pesenti 7y ago
  No we don't. I answered in more details here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20903110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20903110.

joeblau 7y ago

I deleted my facebook account years ago — how do I delete myself?

pesenti 7y ago
If you are not a Facebook user or you do not have the Face Recognition on, we will not create or store a face template to recognize you.
- chinathrow 7y ago
  Is that the truth or will a court later fine your company for lying?
  - jrockway 7y ago
    When you ask hypotheticals like this, it comes across as an attack. When you attack people, they stop showing up to share their unique knowledge and experience.
    - IllogicalLogic 7y ago
      Facebook's chronic underhanded tactics requires one to ask for confirmation. The onus is on the dishonest party not the victims. Good that he asked... we all should more.

lightedman 7y ago

When are you going to fix the 2FA account issue I noted last year? I'm beyond responsible disclosure times, y'all have been totally silent (which has had the consequence of me being unable to access my account for a year) and I think I'd like to be going public with it really soon.

rswail 7y ago

I appreciate you coming here and commenting. One question, do you construct "templates" for faces that are unmatched by existing templates that are correlated? This would allow a shadow face recognition profile to be generated that could be later matched to a known image. I've had face recognition turned off anyway, and I'm not particularly concerned about it, I'm interested though in how internally FB manages "unknown" images, shadow profiles etc.

pesenti 7y ago
No we don't. I answered in more details here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20903110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20903110.