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  • Facebook Will Notify Users if Someone Else Uploads Their Photo

    Facebook Will Notify Users if Someone Else Uploads Their Photo

    Facial recognition is a software that Facebook uses to some extent. Now, the social networking company is taking facial recognition to another level with its new feature. Using facial recognition, Facebook will notify a user if someone else uploads of that user.

    According to Facebook’s blog post, the idea behind Photo Review is to give users more control over their online identity by giving them more privacy settings to work with. For the time being, those settings are the only means to work around facial recognition, with users being asked to grant Facebook permission to use facial recognition across the service.

    Powered by the same technology we’ve used to suggest friends you may want to tag in photos or videos, these new features help you find photos that you’re not tagged in and help you detect when others might be attempting to use your image as their profile picture.

    This would allow Facebook to implement more features that use facial recognition, such as account recovery. Facebook has conceded that there will be an easier on-off switch if you find facial recognition to be more trouble than it’s worth.

    Photo Review is powered by the same AI technology that suggests friends you might want to tag in your pictures. The good news here is that the user does not have to be friends with someone for Photo Review to work, as long as the user has friends in common, they will be notified. When you are notified, you then have the choice to add your tag to the photo, leave yourself untagged, or report the photo as inappropriate.

    Facebook says Photo Review is rolling out to most regions, though users in Canada and the EU will not get to use it due to data laws that restrict the use of facial recognition.

     

  • Facebook Is Working On Its Own Facial Recognition System

    Facebook Is Working On Its Own Facial Recognition System

    Facebook is working on it’s own facial recognition system. According to a screenshot shared by a social media researcher, this feature is in its testing phase right now. Facial recognition system is really picking up its pace in the tch industry after a series of iris scanners found in likes of Galaxy phones and most recently, Apple adopting facial recognition to replace fingerprint sensors in its upcoming iPhone X.

    If you get locked out of your Facebook account, the feature will help you regain access by using your face to verify your identity. That could be especially useful if you’re somewhere that you can’t receive two-factor authentication SMS due to network issues, like if you’re on a hike or while traveling abroad, or if you lose access to your email account. TechCrunch reached out to Facebook and received a response:

    We are testing a new feature for people who want to quickly and easily verify account ownership during the account recovery process. This optional feature is available only on devices you’ve already used to log in. It is another step, alongside two-factor authentication via SMS, that were taking to make sure account owners can confirm their identity.

    In its testing phase, Facebook is testing how robust the feature is and the failure rates. If the new feature proves to be reliable helpful isn’t fooled by hackers or images of the owner, Facebook could potentially roll it out to more people. This feature will add another dimension to Facebook’s account recovery process. Already, if you get locked out of your Facebook account, you can either use the two-factor authentication SMS or email, or you can designate several “trusted friends” who receive a code that you can ask them for to unlock your account. In some cases it asks you to identify photos of your friends to prove you’re actually you.

    Any form of biometrics used by a social networking site can cause in people’s minds but, if it is used to privately get your account back then the new facial recognition might be welcomed by the Facebook community.

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