Maybe photos should carry a "robots.txt"-like permissions tag explicitly banning social networks from using it, and a cryptographic watermark embedded in the picture that is hard to remove, so they are not tempted to delete the tag.Cameras (and apps) should auto-tag files if the user so wishes.
Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photographs
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Re: Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photographs
#52I had the strangest interaction with the Messenger app a few months ago. I was spending time with friends, and I took a few pictures of all of us (didn't send them through either FB or Messenger). A few hours later, messenger popped up a notification telling me something along the lines of "Hey, I see you took pictures today of . Want to send them to her?" Made me feel incredibly creeped out that FB would take my pho…
Try getting pictures downloaded from other sources directly to your phone and see if Facebook prompts you the same. Try getting pictures of other people and see if Facebook suggests them to be added as your friends.
>Try getting pictures of other people and see if Facebook suggests them to be added as your friends.
That's a whole new level of stalking people right there.
Re: Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photographs
#53I had the strangest interaction with the Messenger app a few months ago. I was spending time with friends, and I took a few pictures of all of us (didn't send them through either FB or Messenger). A few hours later, messenger popped up a notification telling me something along the lines of "Hey, I see you took pictures today of . Want to send them to her?" Made me feel incredibly creeped out that FB would take my pho…
If that is how it went down, that alone is a base for another lawsuit.
Re: Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photographs
#54I had the strangest interaction with the Messenger app a few months ago. I was spending time with friends, and I took a few pictures of all of us (didn't send them through either FB or Messenger). A few hours later, messenger popped up a notification telling me something along the lines of "Hey, I see you took pictures today of . Want to send them to her?" Made me feel incredibly creeped out that FB would take my pho…
It's called Photo Magic:
"By recognizing your Facebook friends in the photos you take (just like when tagging or sharing photos on Facebook), Messenger can create a group thread for you to share the photos with those friends in just two taps."
https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2015/12/messenger-adds-new-feat...
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/9/9696760/facebook-messenger...
You can opt-out by turning off tagging suggestions: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=timeline§ion=sugge...
Re: Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photographs
#55Humans have evolved for millions of years on the expectation that other people will recognize our faces. I'm sure we'll come up with a better solution than "file lawsuits to hopefully make computers recognizing our faces illegal".
Re: Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photographs
#56I think technologists need to help the public understand how if they are going to continue to fully integrate technology in assisting with their lives, they will be moving closer to a "privacy free" future. The trade-off between having tailored services and "smart" systems is privacy from machine systems. The technology community pines for futuristic technology like amazing machine personal assistants, forgetting tha…
In the case of the human personal assistant the governing terms originate with the person being assisted, and so the data and the ways it can be used remain in control of the owner.
Tech companies are inverting this control, which has very dangerous implications for those they assist.
There are ways to keep control with the user, however these require a level of architecture inversion the consumers haven't fought for yet.
Re: Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photographs
#57Facebook was great when it was a way to connect with close friends and people in your immediate community (ex. university) and see what to happening around you. Now thats it trying to evolve into this platform that targets you so that it can make an insane amount of ad revenue, it has become less and less worth it. Especially in respect to our privacy.
Re: Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photographs
#58I had the strangest interaction with the Messenger app a few months ago. I was spending time with friends, and I took a few pictures of all of us (didn't send them through either FB or Messenger). A few hours later, messenger popped up a notification telling me something along the lines of "Hey, I see you took pictures today of . Want to send them to her?" Made me feel incredibly creeped out that FB would take my pho…
It's called Photo Magic: "By recognizing your Facebook friends in the photos you take (just like when tagging or sharing photos on Facebook), Messenger can create a group thread for you to share the photos with those friends in just two taps." https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2015/12/messenger-adds-new-feat... http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/9/9696760/facebook-messenger... You can opt-out by turning off tagging suggestio…
That should be opt-in. What a fucked up feature.
Edit: I don't give any of my friends consent to use that feature - yet the would still scan my face. How can this even be legal.
Re: Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photographs
#59Maybe photos should carry a "robots.txt"-like permissions tag explicitly banning social networks from using it, and a cryptographic watermark embedded in the picture that is hard to remove, so they are not tempted to delete the tag.Cameras (and apps) should auto-tag files if the user so wishes.
Re: Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photographs
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
What?
In terms of sociologic development the middle-eastern countries are considered backwards with their stone-age laws, ingrained religion, and treating women like lesser beings, and yet we may soon be wearing 'burka' like clothing to protects our identity. Of course apart from the physical look, there is no connection between the two.
I don't think anyone is willing to take that step. More likely theyll elect angry people