Onceuponatime Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I just uploaded a picture of my son's graduation from CC onto facebook and it automatically added his name to the post and tagged his face. I didn't type in anything. I'm not liking it. Now I'm tempted to remove every single picture I've ever posted. Should I be freaked out or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candicane Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 It's their auto tagging system that they keep messing around with. I'm pretty sure it only ends up showing the photo when someone goes to his profile, or specficially searches his name. I mean other than showing on your page. But why it did it without you typing anything, even his name? No idea! They must be messing with things again, agh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 It would have to have some kind of facial recognition software to do what it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 It would have to have some kind of facial recognition software to do what it did. This is freaky! Could it be that it read the name of the file instead? If the photo was renamed as Onceuponatime's Son? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 This is freaky! Could it be that it read the name of the file instead? If the photo was renamed as Onceuponatime's Son? Nope it was called "image -----" The dashes are numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Yeah, they've got some facial recognition going on. Sometimes in my newsfeed, it asks me if I want to tag John Doe in a picture that Jane Smith uploaded and didn't tag, and it IS John Doe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 You can always remove labels like that, and there's probably a way to turn off auto-tag. However, it's also helpful when other people put pictures of you on FB--FB lets you know. So when that frat party photo from 1992 is posted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Dp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Same thing happened to me last week. Very unsettling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Do you have face recognition on your computer? I had to turn that off in order to keep names from popping up on FB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Yeah, they've got some facial recognition going on. Sometimes in my newsfeed, it asks me if I want to tag John Doe in a picture that Jane Smith uploaded and didn't tag, and it IS John Doe. Wow. That seems very creepy and intrusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I just uploaded a picture of my son's graduation from CC onto facebook and it automatically added his name to the post and tagged his face. I didn't type in anything. I'm not liking it. Now I'm tempted to remove every single picture I've ever posted. Should I be freaked out or not?Facebook can't tell most of the female members of my family apart. We look too similar. It is definitely facial recognition software. They announced it when they started using it. http://mobile.extremetech.com/latest/221124-facebooks-facial-recognition-software-is-now-as-accurate-as-the-human-brain-dot-dot-dot-but-what-now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoseInABook Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Yes, it does have facial recognition for sure. It's not always accurate but it's there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I have to untag most of the pictures I upload. It does take some vigilance. The funniest/scariest part? Pictures of my youngest get tagged with dh's name. Even at 3, he looks THAT much like his father! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 If I post photos of my kids, FB almost always pulls out DS1 and DS3 and assumes they're the same person. However, it knows that DS2 is different. My boys all look very much alike, but the first and third do look more alike. I find it both amusing and creepy. But I find a lot of things about FB a little creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I guess I'm not particularly concerned with internet privacy at that level since I still control who can see photos tagged with my name; I don't find their facial recognition program to be creepy, freaky, intrusive, unsettling or scary. My adjective of choice would probably be "intuitive." :tongue_smilie: Doesn't bother me at all, and as others have commented, it's not new. Facebook has been doing it for a while now. I have to untag most of the pictures I upload. It does take some vigilance. The funniest/scariest part? Pictures of my youngest get tagged with dh's name. Even at 3, he looks THAT much like his father! Not necessarily. It could just be that your son has been tagged by friends and family with your husband's name frequently. I know that has happened to me: friends are constantly posting pictures of my kids from playdates and classes, then tagging them with my name, so Facebook now associates their faces with my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I guess I'm not particularly concerned with internet privacy at that level since I still control who can see photos tagged with my name; I don't find their facial recognition program to be creepy, freaky, intrusive, unsettling or scary. My adjective of choice would probably be "intuitive." :tongue_smilie: Doesn't bother me at all, and as others have commented, it's not new. Facebook has been doing it for a while now. Not necessarily. It could just be that your son has been tagged by friends and family with your husband's name frequently. I know that has happened to me: friends are constantly posting pictures of my kids from playdates and classes, then tagging them with my name, so Facebook now associates their faces with my name. Hm. Good point! Now I must hop on FB and do some research, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Yeah, it freaks me out when it does that. The other thing I think is freaky is when I am searching something on Google, say "hotel rooms" or a certain clothing brand, and when I get on Facebook there are adds for the same thing on the sidebar. OTOH, It always wants to tag my dd as me, not because we look alike, but because people tend to tag her as me when they post pics of her so I will see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 It's like being in a science fiction movie real time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Facebook can't tell most of the female members of my family apart. We look too similar. Facebook can't tell one of my sisters and I apart either. Several times when I've uploaded a photo of myself to Facebook, it suggested I tag my sister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Yeah, it freaks me out when it does that. The other thing I think is freaky is when I am searching something on Google, say "hotel rooms" or a certain clothing brand, and when I get on Facebook there are adds for the same thing on the sidebar. That's just a matter of settings on your computer and perhaps on your search engine. I also have search-history-specific ads show up on Weather.com and various other sites. I keep meaning to change my settings to prevent it, but I tend to ignore them (the ads) anyway and so immediately forget. My favorite auto-tag incident was last year when Facebook ignored all of the faces in a photo and wanted to tag my daughter's shoe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I guess I'm not particularly concerned with internet privacy at that level since I still control who can see photos tagged with my name; I don't find their facial recognition program to be creepy, freaky, intrusive, unsettling or scary. My adjective of choice would probably be "intuitive." :tongue_smilie: Doesn't bother me at all, and as others have commented, it's not new. Facebook has been doing it for a while now. Not necessarily. It could just be that your son has been tagged by friends and family with your husband's name frequently. I know that has happened to me: friends are constantly posting pictures of my kids from playdates and classes, then tagging them with my name, so Facebook now associates their faces with my name. Until they have a glitch and everyone can see everything. Like that never happened before. It is only illusion of control + convenience that makes people think that they have control over their FB privacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarawatsonim Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Last week Facebook tried to tag one of my friends in a picture I uploaded that wasn't her. The catch? It was a huge cardboard cutout of Spiderman that my dd3 had her picture taken with. Maybe it's because my friend is so tall……? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Until they have a glitch and everyone can see everything. Like that never happened before. It is only illusion of control + convenience that makes people think that they have control over their FB privacy. People don't truly have control over their online privacy in general--even if you have no Facebook account. I recently discovered that several of my college yearbook photos are online and searchable by my maiden name. I don't mind at all, but at the time those photos were taken, the assumption was that they would only ever be used in the printed yearbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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