Facebook Knows Your Face Even When It’s Not Visible

If you’re worried about facial recognition technology tracking you, you’re not going to like this. NewScientist reported Monday that Facebook has developed an experimental algorithm that can automatically recognize an individual based on unique traits like “hairdo, clothing, body shape and pose.” According to NewScientist, the algorithm proved accurate 83 percent of the time when Facebook’s artificial intelligence researchers applied

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Facebook To Face Lawsuit Over Scanning Users’ Messages

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Facebook Inc must face a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating its users’ privacy by scanning the content of messages they send to other users for advertising purposes, a U.S. judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, California, on Tuesday dismissed some state-law claims against the social media company but largely

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