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You know, Facebook/Twitter/Instagram have access to the metadata. And location. And facial recognition. Seems like there's a simple ML classifier here to id ph
by waterlesscloud 13y ago
You know, Facebook/Twitter/Instagram have access to the metadata. And location. And facial recognition.
Seems like there's a simple ML classifier here to id phones with a sudden ownership change...
These companies could provide value back to their users for all the data they're hoovering up.
- latj 13y agoThere are probably more profitable ways to use that data against users rather than for them.
- 001sky 13y agoThey may not be mutually exclusive, though...
- nl 13y agoAnd if they implemented that, you know it would be called a privacy violation: "Why are you posting pics using my boyfriend's camera?" Note that this really is the case for 99% of "privacy violations". Eg, that "FB is reading SMS messages" thing the other day was really a user-friendly feature to enable automatic 2-factor auth on your phone. But because it was seen as a privacy problem because it potentially is.
- blueskin_ 13y ago...yet they didn't even put a list of requested permissions with rationale for each one like some developers do.
- hnriot 13y agowhat about if you sold a camera or some other form of legitimate transfer, loan, for example. I don't want FB starting to track my product serial numbers thank you.