[kictanet] Will Facebook get any less controversial?

[Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)]

Now they plan to put users in a face recognition database?

SAN FRANCISCO—Your Facebook profile photo could be going into a massive
facial-recognition database.

Facebook Inc. is considering incorporating most of its 1 billion-plus
members’ profile photos into its growing facial-recognition database,
expanding the scope of the social network’s controversial technology.

The possible move, which Facebook revealed in an update to its data use
policy on Thursday, is intended to improve the performance of its “Tag
Suggest <http://allfacebook.com/how-to-disable-tag-suggest_b109975>”
feature. The feature uses facial-recognition technology to speed up the
process of labeling or “tagging” friends and acquaintances who appear in
photos posted on the network.
Full story here:
http://www.thestar.com/business/2013/08/30/your_facebook_profile_picture_may_be_going_into_a_facialrecognition_database.html
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Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu)
Kenya
Skype: gracebomu
Twitter: @Bomu
Website: http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu
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