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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by mmjaa on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @12:19PM (#16475559)
Can't find it in my Facebook settings - can you give us a pointer where to find these settings in Facebooks cesspool of anti-patterns they like to promote as the "settings" page...
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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by khedoros1 on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @12:28PM (#16475669)
There's a "Face Recognition" tab that's new to the settings page since the last time I went through disabling things. For me, it shows up on the left side right under "Language".
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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by antoncohen on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @01:19PM (#16476279)
For me I had a related setting under the "Timeline and Tagging" tab (set to "No One"), there was no "Face Recognition" tab... until I click "Go to Settings" in the notification, then the "Face Recognition" tab appeared, and the similar setting was removed from "Timeline and Tagging".
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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by mmjaa on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @12:36PM (#16475750)
Okay, I don't see it. Maybe its a USA-only thing? (Europe here.)
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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by batina on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @12:39PM (#16475790)
Nope, I'm in Europe and got it. Try using this link:

https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=facerec&section=face_r...

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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by Murrawhip on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @12:45PM (#16475862)
I don't see it in Canada.
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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by liberte82 on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @03:38PM (#16477634)
Me neither.
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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by khedoros1 on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @01:05PM (#16476112)
Maybe it's something they're A/B testing?
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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by mmjaa on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @01:19PM (#16476289)
It would appear to be the case - I don't see it, but others in Europe do... its maybe also related to local laws (Austria) disallowing such things, and if that is the case I sure am thankful.
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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by dwighttk on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @02:49PM (#16477172)
I think so... I'm not seeing it (in the US)
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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by Jhsto on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @04:28PM (#16478113)
How many pictures do you have of yourself on Facebook? I see the setting, but it states that 'this is not yet available to you'.
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Re:Facebook turned on face recognition silently by khedoros1 on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @04:56PM (#16478368)
No idea. I joined early and didn't really think through some of the privacy ramifications until 2008 or even 2010. Then there are the friends who don't think about them at all, and I assume that Facebook puts some stock in their tags, even if I delete them later.
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