Once again the social media giant has activated a new default setting without giving users any prior warning, meaning all users must opt out from within the sites privacy settings. According to a report from Sophos, the new feature which is currently being rolled out globally, implements a new facial recognition technology allowing users to easily tag friends in pictures. This means when you are given the option to tag friends in pictures, Facebook will use the new facial recognition technology to group your friends that it identifies together, allowing you to tag them in groups.
This is not the first time that Facebook has implemented a new feature without alerting users and is sure to upset many privacy focused users of the site.
A Facebook spokesperson told CNET
“When we announced this feature last December, we explained that we would test it, listen to feedback, and iterate before rolling it out more broadly. We should have been more clear with people during the rollout process when this became available to them. Tag suggestions are now available in most countries and we’ll post further updates to our blog over time.”
If you don’t want Facebook to suggest you to friends when they are tagging photos from that wild party that you would rather not share , then here is how you can disable the feature in the privacy settings.
- Go to your privacy settings.
- Click “Customize settings.”
- Scroll down to “Things others share.”
- Find “Suggest photos of me to friends.”
- Edit accordingly.
Matthew Marley
360innovate
