I agree that it would be preferable for Facebook to have made facial recognition an opt-in feature, and they may well do that since there has been some discontent. However, I fail to see any real downside to it. Once you're logged in, the system already knows who you are. In any case, I suspect it will be short lived, as many users don't post a current photo. Mine, for example, is forty years old, while my daughter uses a picture of her daughter -- Grace. Paul On Jun 10, 2011, at 3:30 AM, Bob W wrote:
> [...] >> it's tweaked some the wrong way. Fortunately, one can easily opt out >> of it. No big deal for those who don't suffer from paranoia. >> >> Paul > > one of the differences between the USA and Europe is that in Europe the > default must be to opt in to things, not opt out. Otherwise, and I know this > happens in the USA, you find yourself opted in to all sorts of shit against > your wishes. > > Hows about if I opt you into the convicted pedo chapter of the Ku Klux Klan? > No worries - if you don't want to be part of it, it's an easy opt-out. Just > get yourself down to Georgia and sign the opt out clause in the membership > books held in each county branch. > > More realistically, I get junk telephone calls from the USA, presumably > because someone I bought something from over the internet sold my details, > and I can't get out of it. Over here we have a way of dealing with it but > unfortuntately their writ doesn't extend to the US. > > Call that paranoia if you like. > > In any case, people who don't want Facebook to analyse their face, can > always replace it with a photo of a mandrill's arse. I'm tempted to join > Facebook just to do that, but I don't think my 'friends' would spot the > difference. > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
