Americans may be gearing up to use facial recognition software to find out if their friends are serial killers, but meanwhile it Canada, they’re using it to track down their lost puppies. According to the Globe and Mail, Vancouver dog shop cofounder Philip Rooyakkers has developed an app called Positive Identification of Pets—or PiP, for short—that […]
If there’s one word that describes Facebook’s attitude towards its users, it’s ‘sneaky’. They introduce updates without notice, and users often have to opt out if they don’t like a certain feature. But by then it’s usually too late, because Facebook has already gotten its much coveted data. Out of all their ‘sneaky updates’, however, […]
Last year Facebook implemented a new feature for North American users that uses facial recognition software to “help” your Facebook friends tag you in their photos. If you have this option enabled, any time one of your friends uploads a photo, Facebook will “suggest” you as a match based on the recommendations of the software. […]
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