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It's always confusing to see what the internet police go after. Total scams ripping thousands to hundreds of thousands off from people (tech support scams etc)

It's always confusing to see what the internet police go after. Total scams ripping thousands to hundreds of thousands off from people (tech support scams etc). Crickets. An opt in feature on the facebook platform that is useful (at least to some). Multiple Attorney General press conferences :)

jcun4128 5y ago
There's Jim Browning for that
croes 5y ago
The negative impact of facial recognition technology is much bigger than the impact of scams.
- fvdessen 5y ago
  Could you be more specific ?
Vrondi 5y ago
But their facial recognition is not opt-in. You cannot prevent other people from uploading photos of you then tagging your face in them, training Facebook's facial recognition to your face even if you consciously never upload your image a single time.
- donatj 5y ago
  If you don't like that, you're going to hate this. https://youtu.be/KT18KJouHWg https://youtu.be/KT18KJouHWg Basically they can find you from your DNA, even if only a couple very distant relatives ever gave theirs.
- bduerst 5y ago
  I get what you're saying but that's unguided learning though. Facebook doesn't have any way of linking that face fingerprint to you to even check your consent - but a part of me doubts that when they do make the link they remove the fingerprint bc you didn't opt in.
- slownews45 5y ago
  You can only be suggested as a name for someone else's photo if you've turned face recognition on. "If you’d like other people to see tag suggestions for you, you’ll need to turn on your face recognition setting." So you need to opt in to it to let others tag you.
  - bellyfullofbac 5y ago
    But how does it know that "This is slownews45's face, so don't show any auto-tag recommendation for it."..?
    - f7f8rurjfi 5y ago
      What's it like being able to hold 2k karma despite being racist?
    - bryan_w 5y ago
      You got the algorithm backwards, if slownews45 uploads a pic, the system gathers all of their friends who opted in and compares any found faces to the templates of the opted in folks. If it doesn't get a hit, it simply moves on
pempem 5y ago
Are we not going after both? Let's marshall the energy. I'm sure we can find it. Wanna lead the charge?
- slownews45 5y ago
  No - we are not going after both - the AG's take high profile low hanging easy target cases. I've personally tried to get police / DA / AG type response on a fair number of white collar type cases. Crickets. Stolen checks / AP fraud, even stuff that would be pretty damn easy to track down (ie, whose name was on account that cashed this check) - there is almost no follow-up. It really can be eye opening.
comrh 5y ago
It makes more sense when you stop and think that there are no single group of "internet police" and that in reality it's millions of people with their ethics, personal views and natural inability to rank risk.

jcun4128 5y ago

There's Jim Browning for that

croes 5y ago

The negative impact of facial recognition technology is much bigger than the impact of scams.

fvdessen 5y ago
Could you be more specific ?

Vrondi 5y ago

But their facial recognition is not opt-in. You cannot prevent other people from uploading photos of you then tagging your face in them, training Facebook's facial recognition to your face even if you consciously never upload your image a single time.

donatj 5y ago
If you don't like that, you're going to hate this. https://youtu.be/KT18KJouHWg https://youtu.be/KT18KJouHWg Basically they can find you from your DNA, even if only a couple very distant relatives ever gave theirs.
bduerst 5y ago
I get what you're saying but that's unguided learning though. Facebook doesn't have any way of linking that face fingerprint to you to even check your consent - but a part of me doubts that when they do make the link they remove the fingerprint bc you didn't opt in.
slownews45 5y ago
You can only be suggested as a name for someone else's photo if you've turned face recognition on. "If you’d like other people to see tag suggestions for you, you’ll need to turn on your face recognition setting." So you need to opt in to it to let others tag you.
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  But how does it know that "This is slownews45's face, so don't show any auto-tag recommendation for it."..?
  - f7f8rurjfi 5y ago
    What's it like being able to hold 2k karma despite being racist?
  - bryan_w 5y ago
    You got the algorithm backwards, if slownews45 uploads a pic, the system gathers all of their friends who opted in and compares any found faces to the templates of the opted in folks. If it doesn't get a hit, it simply moves on

pempem 5y ago

Are we not going after both? Let's marshall the energy. I'm sure we can find it. Wanna lead the charge?

slownews45 5y ago
No - we are not going after both - the AG's take high profile low hanging easy target cases. I've personally tried to get police / DA / AG type response on a fair number of white collar type cases. Crickets. Stolen checks / AP fraud, even stuff that would be pretty damn easy to track down (ie, whose name was on account that cashed this check) - there is almost no follow-up. It really can be eye opening.

comrh 5y ago

It makes more sense when you stop and think that there are no single group of "internet police" and that in reality it's millions of people with their ethics, personal views and natural inability to rank risk.