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Re:Facebook plans to shut down its facial recognition system by paxys on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:39PM (#29084641)
Who opted in? I certainly don't remember ever doing it, yet auto tagging has always worked for me (both when I am tagging pictures and when others are tagging me).
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Re:Facebook plans to shut down its facial recognition system by drusepth on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @03:45PM (#29086488)
The opt-in is at https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=facerec -- I definitely remember intentionally opting in when it was added, and it's off on some of my throwaway accounts so I assume it wasn't auto-checked for everyone at some point.
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Re:Facebook plans to shut down its facial recognition system by Jenk on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:42PM (#29084689)
> Who opted in?

It was one of those "by continuing to use our service(s), you are opting-in" t&C's updates.

So in short: nobody did but legally there is a box ticked.

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