Facebook photo tagging gets automated

[Swede]

Not sure if this is good or bad.


After a trial release in July, Face.com on Wednesday launched Photo Tagger to the public. Photo Tagger is a free third-party application for Facebook that uses facial recognition technology to automatically tag photos of people.

Facebook users can use Photo Tagger to automatically tag their photos, it uses facial recognition software to tag all of the photos in an album. After selecting an album photo Tagger scans the photos, then batches them into groups by subject and suggests tags for them. When tags are confirmed, they are pushed live to Facebook, within the users privacy settings.


http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10395054-2.html

[Chemisse]

1. That creeps me out. I don't like it at all.

I really hate what Facebook can do and has access to. Too bad I can't give it up.

[Sal Minella]

3. I decided that Facebook isn't so smart the day it suggested I should "friend"

the woman my ex-husband is currently married to.

Don't believe so, no, not today, thanks for asking.

[Chemisse]

4. Guess you neglected to set up a quiz to see how well your friends know you

If you had, Facebook surely would have compiled enough data to realize the faux paux.

[Sal Minella]

5. Ha. They'll just have to do what they can with the paucity of information

I've already given them.

If they want to know more, they can buy a copy of my memoirs when the book comes out, which will be quite some time since I haven't started writing it yet, and it's been a long and interesting life. :-]

[marshall]

6. You probably both share friends

Either your children or some other mutual acquaintances. That's how it's set up to suggest possible friends.

[BadgerKid]

2. Sounds great for law enforcement for pre-crimes. n/t