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Re:Russia’s new FindFace app identifies strangers in a crowd... by chopin on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @08:41AM (#11721439)
> (the consumer's fault).

I doubt that. No one prevents someone tagging me on Facebook even if I don't have a Facebook account. Now Facebook knows my name and the corresponding face without me ever using Facebook.

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Re:Russia’s new FindFace app identifies strangers in a crowd... by AJRF on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @09:31AM (#11721744)
Well you can't do that. You can only tag someone with an account.
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Re:Russia’s new FindFace app identifies strangers in a crowd... by miander2 on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @11:31AM (#11722643)
You can tag anyone on Facebook even if they don't have an account. When you start typing their name a drop-down box of suggestions appears. Hit the escape key and you can continue typing their name and tag them.

Anyone with your photo can associate it with your name on Facebook even if you don't use it.

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Re:Russia’s new FindFace app identifies strangers in a crowd... by AJRF on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @02:16PM (#11724325)
Ah just check and yes you are right, apologies. Do people actually do this? Pretty ignorant if they do!
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