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> more and likely reports a lot of this back to ms Isn’t this the literal definition of FUD? Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. I would like to hope the orange sit
by madeofpalk 1y ago
> more and likely reports a lot of this back to ms
Isn’t this the literal definition of FUD? Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.
I would like to hope the orange site approaches this topic with more substance. Do the analysis of network traffic to see what gets sent home. Decompile the binary to check it out for these sorts of things. Don’t just write your anti-MS fanfic and pretend that it’s something meaningful.
People and object detection are pretty baseline features for a photo management app these days IMHO. I like that my photos app automatically finds all the photos of my dog.
- callamdelaney 1y agoWhy would it need to be performing facial analysis and have over 120 tables of information in the first place?
- madeofpalk 1y agoAutomatic albums of people is table stakes for a photo management app. Everyone has it - Apple Photos, Google Photos, Immich, etc. That requires facial detection.
- callamdelaney 1y agoI disagree. I don’t want that feature. None of the photo apps I use by choice have it, and I’ve never once used it on iOS. It creates multiple albums for the same person anyway so it’s useless.
- afavour 1y agoYou not wanting it != table stakes for a photo app. I use it, my family uses it, my friends use it. Anecdotal data to be sure. But I think if barely anyone used it you wouldn’t see it as a base feature in almost every photo sharing app.
- callamdelaney 1y agoThat’s like saying an AI co-pilot is table stakes for an operating system. It isn’t.
- Spivak 1y agoIt is how the default photos app for ios and android work and have worked for years. If you can't search by person or by the content of the photo you're falling behind.
- amlib 1y agoI would argue such feature only exists on big tech photo apps as an excuse to do facial recognition and eventually extricate such data trough whatever means. The benefit to the user is just a minor side effect.
- afavour 1y agoI would argue that’s another example of FUD. It’s a useful feature a lot of people like. Similarly I find geotagging of photos tremendously useful. I don’t believe that feature was added to phones to extend the surveillance state, I believe it was added because a camera was combined with a GPS and it made logical sense.
- mixmastamyk 1y agoLots of things aren’t done on purpose, but they are sure taken advantage of by other parties.
- afavour 1y agoSure. But that’s the opposite of OP’s assertion.
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- thewebguyd 1y ago> I would like to hope the orange site approaches this topic with more substance. You won't find that here if Microsoft/Windows is in the title. HN will default to FUD on anything from Redmond. How many here complaining about analysis in the photos app on Windows also sync all their photos to iCloud or Google Photos, which does the exact same thing? I bet it's a lot.