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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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