Face.com acquired by Facebook
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Face.com acquired by Facebook
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Re: Face.com acquired by Facebook
#2From the title I thought they were just after the domain name! Seems they have picked up some pretty cool face recognising kit.
Re: Face.com acquired by Facebook
#3Yet another reason to not use Facebook.
Re: Face.com acquired by Facebook
#4I suspect Facebook has bigger plans for Face.com's technology than auto-tagging. I bet they integrate facial recognition technology into the Facebook Platform.
Tagging every face... everywhere... and sending that data back to Facebook. That could be monumental.
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#5I remember Facebook recently implemented their controversial Face detecting module. Privacy advocates were freaked out because Facebook was trying to automatically tag people in photos simply based on face recognition.
I assume they're going to be moving forward in that regard by acquiring Face.com's tech.
Re: Face.com acquired by Facebook
#6I suspect Facebook has bigger plans for Face.com's technology than auto-tagging. I bet they integrate facial recognition technology into the Facebook Platform. Tagging every face... everywhere... and sending that data back to Facebook. That could be monumental.
Monumental or invasive? I personally fear for the latter.
Re: Face.com acquired by Facebook
#7Yet another reason to not use Facebook.
Yeah. Can't wait for my facebook using mates to make my shadow profile more accurate.
Re: Face.com acquired by Facebook
#8Probably just for the domain.
Re: Face.com acquired by Facebook
#9I remember Facebook recently implemented their controversial Face detecting module. Privacy advocates were freaked out because Facebook was trying to automatically tag people in photos simply based on face recognition. I assume they're going to be moving forward in that regard by acquiring Face.com's tech.
Facebook have been using face.com for face detection and recognition for a while. I guess they were happy enough with the results that they wanted control of the technology (and/or to stop others from using it)
Re: Face.com acquired by Facebook
#10Wow, I assumed that Face.com was a part of Facebook.com...their look and feel seemed like a front-facing spinoff of FB, to get developers more interested in the technology. Their API has been very generous and useful for all sorts of projects, but I'm sure this is going to freak privacy advocates even more...frankly, the connections/derivations FB could make with face recognition will not be any more comprehensive than what they can already do with the interaction data they already have.