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Thanks!

Thank you for showing how to "switch off" the feature. no one else has explained how to actually do this.

Thanks Helen
Can't believe they did this without telling us!

I wouldn't mind them introducing new stuff if only the default was set to "disabled". Then it could be a positive feature you find out about rather than something inflicted on you.

I don't see the problem with this. Only your friends can tag you in pictures, no one else. It's only making it easier for Facebook users to create albums. People don't HAVE to be tagged, there are always options of not putting peoples names in when asked and as a user you have the option to remove tags of yourself in any pictures. I know Facebook has been in trouble before over privacy issues, but this is not a privacy issue. It's an update in their technology to make it easier for users, it does not give out any information or take any information.

I noticed this as I posted some pictures on Facebook a few days ago; I thought it's great! It picked up my wife's face and suggested the correct tag; you still have to chose - or not - to apply the tag, so I don't see where the problem is. They are NOT tagging the pictures for you - just making it easier to tag them if you want to.

Of course, it was hilarious that it also recognised the face of a friend in a picture of a weirdly-shaped rock (which did not actually have any face in it).

Face recognition should not be used on Facebook at all. This affects not only Facebook members, but also any non-member whose face appears in a photo posted on Facebook, that someone has tagged. How can non-Facebook members guard their identities on Facebook? Face recognition technonogy should be banned on all social websites.

Thanks for that!

Thanks, we'r all under control then! Big Brother...

I'm really stunned by this article in "Webwise". No real explanation of the new feature Facebook have made, which would have reassured people, just how to turn it off.

To reassure @reddcroww - this new feature will not affect non-facebook members. There is no way that non-facebook members can be tagged. In face there is no way a facebook member can even be tagged by another facebook member unless they are "friends" on facebook.

Tagging of photos has existed for a long time on facebook, and any facebook member will be aware of it and how it works.

For those that don't know, here's a "webwise" as to how it works:
1) A member uploads a photo(s) to an album in there area of facebook
2) Once uploaded that member says that they want to tag people in the photo
3) They click on a person in the photo and list of their friends (and just their facebook friends) is shown to them. If they have already tagged friends in the album those names are shown at the top to make it easier to find likely friends in the photo(s). Otherwise they have to search for that friends name
4) They click on the name and that friend is tagged to the photo

All this "facial recognition" does is scan your own pre-tagged photos and make a guess as to who the friend is in the new photo.

Imagine you have had a party, have uploaded your photos to facebook and now want to start tagging your friends. Before, you had to find your friends name in a list. If you've got loads of photos with lots of your friends in, this would take some time. Now it will show you the "most likely" people in each photo - time saver. But you still have to click to tag that person. It is not automatic and you have full control.

As for the "facial recognition". This is no where near facial recognition that could be used by the police, or in a court. All it is doing is scanning the photo and looking for basic features an patterns. It is crude and has funny effects when it shows you a friends name for a rock, or a telephone, or a plant.

Those which have used Google Goggles will be aware of this type of technology. You take a photo of a person or a building and it tries to match it with similar photos on a Google search. Then it can tell you who it is or where you are.

The fact that facebook have this feature turned on by default is no problem. IT IS NOT AFFECTING PRIVACY any more than your tagging was already set up.

Remember - ONLY YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS CAN TAG YOU IN PHOTOS

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Thank you so much for this, your steps really helped me.. been browsing through facebook's privacy settings for minutes now.

-Diana
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I would have no problem with the system if they'd told us and given us the option to opt-into it in the first place. It makes Facebook easier to use in one respect. I've disabled the function just on the principle that I wasn't given the choice in the first place. I'm not a big fan of having that choice taken away from me. HOWEVER I found out today that last night, AFTER I'd disabled the function one of my friends uploaded some pictures and it STILL suggested I be tagged in them. I'm not happy with the situation at all.

If you don't want to be tagged in a picture, its simple...De-tag yourself!