I’m not on Facebook. Why? Because when you’re on Facebook, you’re the product as it mines virtually everything that you do so that it can sell that data to whomever wants it. I don’t like to be the product. This is being reinforced by the fact that Facebook is testing a feature in its Android app that will scan a user’s recent images for photos that look like their friends. If it spots a match, it’ll ask if the photos should be shared with other people in them. This little tidbit popped up in, to nobody’s surprise, a Facebook post from David Marcus who is the VP of Messaging Products for Facebook that linked to a Tech Crunch article. For whatever reason, Australian users get this feature first, then iOS users will join their Android brothers in having this feature by the end of the week. At that point, assuming that some really wicked backlash over this really intrusive feature doesn’t take place, the US and then the rest of the planet will get this feature. Sure they will have the obligatory opt-out feature. But I’ve always argued that features should be opt-in as that gives you choice and control.
I’m glad I’m not on Facebook.
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Facebook Wants To Troll Your Camera To Find Your Friends….. Holy Lack Of Privacy!
I’m not on Facebook. Why? Because when you’re on Facebook, you’re the product as it mines virtually everything that you do so that it can sell that data to whomever wants it. I don’t like to be the product. This is being reinforced by the fact that Facebook is testing a feature in its Android app that will scan a user’s recent images for photos that look like their friends. If it spots a match, it’ll ask if the photos should be shared with other people in them. This little tidbit popped up in, to nobody’s surprise, a Facebook post from David Marcus who is the VP of Messaging Products for Facebook that linked to a Tech Crunch article. For whatever reason, Australian users get this feature first, then iOS users will join their Android brothers in having this feature by the end of the week. At that point, assuming that some really wicked backlash over this really intrusive feature doesn’t take place, the US and then the rest of the planet will get this feature. Sure they will have the obligatory opt-out feature. But I’ve always argued that features should be opt-in as that gives you choice and control.
I’m glad I’m not on Facebook.
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