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[ NNSquad ] Google+ Photos Get Automatic 'Find My Face' Recognition
Google+ Photos Get Automatic 'Find My Face' Recognition
http://j.mp/tNwNq5 (PCMag)
Google on Thursday announced that it will make facial-recognition
technology available for photos uploaded to its Google+ social
network. With Find My Face, "Google+ can prompt people you know to
tag your face when it appears in photos," Google's Matt Steiner wrote
in a Google+ post. "Of course, you have control over which tags you
accept or reject, and you can turn the feature on or off in Google+
settings."
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No obvious privacy problems so long as it remains "double-opt-in" as
described. Picasa has had some face recognition capabilities for quite
some time, so many persons have long been using similar functionalities.
Facebook also has a similar tool, but botched its introduction.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
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