Facebook Adds Face Detection for Photo Uploads
Tagging unattractive photos of your friends just got easier.
If you have a Facebook profile, you've probably seen tagged pictures of you that you feel aren't accurate representations of your real-life persona. Whether it looks like the camera's 10 pounds all went to your chin or the photographer hit the 'go' button just as you were demonstrating your I-can-fit-my-whole-fist-in-my-mouth party trick, there are some photos you'd rather not have everyone see.
The good thing is that tagging is boring and time consuming so a lot of people don't bother. Well, you better hope they don't find Facebook's new feature too convenient. Though it's not quite as drastic as Picasa's feature, which uses facial recognition to automatically tag faces that you've tagged in the past, Facebook is making it easier to tag people with the introduction of facial recognition technology. Before, you had to select someone's face and then type in their name. Now, Facebook is automatically picks out the faces in photographs and just asks you for the name.
It's not a huge change, but Facebook's Sam Odio says the social networking site is always working on ways to improve the photo sharing on Facebook. We figure it won't be long until they introduce some kind of auto-tagging.
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fing great more work for me to untag myself
I can't wait to see all these random people I don't know tagged in my pictures lmao. Or photos on the wall being tagged
What would have been more useful is a biometric algorithm that was able to detect a authentic untouched photo from a Photoshop, guys know what I'm talking about
there goes our privacy again........
there goes our privacy again........
I thought that too, but really, this is probably the same technology that a camera uses to recognize a face that you want to take a picture. This only pulls out faces, it doesn't put names to them.....yet...
there goes our privacy again........
Then get off of facebook. No one is forcing you to have an account
there goes our privacy again........
Either way... I'm watching you with my silent black helicopter. Go ahead and look out your window and wave for me.
OK idiots this is a privacy issue if they gain a database with this technology than the FBI (or whoever) will be getting warrants to use that database or if it has to do with terrorism or any BS than they wont even need a warrant.
lol i clicked this and i remembered... i deactivated my facebook like 4 days ago
People still use facebook? That was so 2006.
OMG! I hope i dont get confused with Lindsay Lohan!!
I DO NOT WANT COMMENT BUT I WANT TO CHANGE MY PHOTO IN FACEBOOK
NOW. PLEASE LET ME TO DO IT.
Facebook Adds Face Detection for Photo Uploads... crucks in action...
I am so happy I left Facebook back in February after being on for two years. I had seen the writing on the walls. The only thing Facebook is good for is group collaboration. And really there is not much of a need for that behavior unless you are in a business or creative frame of mindset. Which really should be done in private anyway, for you know, a competitive advantage. And we all know most of our posts on FB were just look at me, who gives a f$%*, ego stroke BS anyhow. It is refreshing to actually have real private relationships with people again. Build that feeling of trust and comfort. Can't make time with everyone anyhow. Never foresaw myself being an attention whore which is one step away from a manipulative needy B. So have fun with your face recognition, obviously implemented to appease the FBI or NSA in secrecy years ago and now, "MADE PUBLIC FOR COOLNESS FACTOR". please, what waste of time.