Facebook Alert!

[MsChayse]

There are many news reports on Facebook face recognition feature. Your FB friends will get an alert if someone uploads a photo that Facebook thinks contains your image. They'll be invited to tag it, and then your ID's associated with that image. BIG ALERT TO PROVIDERS: This feature has the potential to connect your hobby life and personal life and let your personal friends know about your life in the trade. I enclose a link on how to disable this feature.
http://www.fastcompany.com/1758259/h...ivacy-settings

[Ivy Chick]

Tagging friends in Facebook photos may be somewhat of a chore, but that doesn't mean we asked to be opted in to Facebook's new facial-recognition photo-tagging feature. As we reported yesterday, Facebook quietly rolled out facial-recognition software "that will automate photo tagging and suggest friends to tag in your photos based on what they look like."
Here's how it works: when you or a Facebook friend uploads a photo, Facebook uses facial-recognition software to match faces in that photo with previous photos on Facebook in which you've been tagged. Facebook groups similar photos together and suggests names for tagging purposes. Granted, Facebook isn't tagging photos itself, but it is certainly making the process easier for your friends to tag photos of you.
As Facebook says here, "Now if you upload pictures from your cousin's wedding, we'll group together pictures of the bride and suggest her name. Instead of typing her name 64 times, all you'll need to do is click 'Save' to tag all of your cousin's pictures at once." That's great, unless one of those 64 photos are of you at the end of the evening, slumped in a chair with your tie in your drink.
The introduction of facial recognition on Facebook has many users rightfully uneasy. Worse, Facebook has enabled it by default. Here's how to disable it:
(Credit: Matt Elliott/CNET)
Click on Account in the upper-right corner of your Facebook page, and from the pull-down menu choose Privacy Settings.
(Credit: Matt Elliott/CNET)
Next, find the small Customize settings link and click it.
(Credit: Matt Elliott/CNET)
On the next page, scroll down to the "Things others share" section, and click the Edit Settings button next to "Suggest photos of me to friends" header. You'll notice it's Enabled by default. Click on the button and select Disabled and then hit the Okay button to restore some of your privacy on Facebook.

[Makayla of Missouri]

Wow! Thanks! Just did it!!

[Pepper_Springfield]

Me too!

[Maxxi Roxx]

It has been taken care of, thank you for the info.

You guys ROCK!

Have A Safe Weekend!

[Asian Ann]

Thanks Ivy Chick! That was very explanatory.

Asian Indie-Ann

[MsChayse]

You are all very welcome. Also. I realize I am reasonably new to the site & have not yet earned a trustworthy reputation. For the record however, I would NEVER attach a link that would be harmful to your computers. Safe wishes to all.

[1ThickBlond]

Great info! Thank you for sharing!

[sky_wire]

THANKS!

[hotlips_houlihan]

I did that and it says "This is not yet available to you"

[Wicket]

Thank you!

[Idina]

Yup, Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

[Luscious.Lexi.206]

OMG, Thanks A bunch Fellas =)

[LynnT]

Good to know. I personally think FB is too out there for a hobby profile..(unless you want to be, then its a god lol) I wont do it, with FB the world is really, really, really small.

[Chica Chaser]

Originally Posted by LynnT

Good to know. I personally think FB is too out there for a hobby profile..(unless you want to be, then its a god lol) I wont do it, with FB the world is really, really, really small.

And loaded with underage children. I cannot imagine why a provider would have any presence on these social sites....under their hobby persona at least. Seems like you are painting a very large target on your back, complete with flashing neon signs pointing directly at you.