Facial recognition is becoming a controversial feature in the United States, as it’s being applied not only in commercial and advertising environments, but also in security services. FBI is very interested in this kind of technology and aims “to collect as much biometric data as possible [. . .] and to make this information accessible to all […]
13.08.2012
Categories: Cases | Comments Off on Your face can end up in an FBI database when tagged in Facebook
07.08.2012
Categories: News | Comments Off on Norway Is Investigating Facebook’s Facial Recognition Feature
Mark Zuckerberg’s company is under investigation in Norway. Authorities in this country (the Norwegian Data Protection Authority) are analyzing Facebook’s facial recognition software as they see it as a threat to their citizen’s security. According to this organization, users could be tracked by this social network, which is a serious violation of privacy under Norwegian law. Bjørn […]
19.04.2012
Categories: NOTAGSwithoutPermission | Comments Off on Tags are the source and/or consequence of a poor digital coexistence
It is becoming increasingly common and simple to upload images on the Internet. In the context of social networks there is also the possibility of tagging, i.e linking people to those images. Have we stopped to consider what implications this feature can have? Read the whole article in Spanish or translated thanks to Google Translate