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Re:Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photo... by chinathrow on Saturday May 07, 2016 @06:19PM (#11651601)
I saw that now too. Opt-in isn't enough here, the user of the messenger app should get consent from all folks on those pictures before auto-uploading anything.

What another trove of data for FB. Disgusting.

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Re:Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photo... by sp332 on Saturday May 07, 2016 @09:15PM (#11652143)
Facebook lets you opt-out of being tagged, which is about all they can do. The photos don't being to you, plus they're not going to know that you're in a photo until after it gets uploaded.
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Re:Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photo... by Kristine1975 on Sunday May 08, 2016 @08:46AM (#11653809)
>which is about all they can do

They could not use facial recognition in the first place.

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