Thursday, June 9, 2011

Facebook Facial Recognition Implementation Raises Privacy Concerns

Face rec software suggests tags for photos uploaded to its site (TECHNEWSWORLD.com)
Facebook has raised concerns among privacy proponents with Tag Suggestions, a new feature that uses facial recognition technology to connect names to faces in uploaded photos and suggest tags to the uploader. Aside from the general privacy worries the feature has spurred, it's somewhat unclear just how long Facebook has had this feature in play.
Transparency and Consent. Organizations neglect these at their peril because their customers/users value them highly.