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
18.07.2012
Categories: News, NOTAGSwithoutPermission | Comments Off on 1 in 5 users in Brazil removed tags from photos posted on social networks
A recent study of Brazialian social network users inquired about security and privacy reaching the following results: 45% of users have their Facebook profile set as private (only seen by friends), a lower figure comparing to that of USA (59%) 63% of them share photos on social networks 29% share videos 35%, personal data 14%, their geolocalization […]