Google+Photos is adding facial recognition technology that will let users be tagged automatically in photos. To pre-empt privacy concerns, Google has made the feature opt-in, said Matt Steiner, engineering lead on the Google+ Photos team. For it to work, the user must turn on the new “Find My Face” feature in the Google+ settings. Then, Google+ prompts friends and other contacts to tag the user’s face whenever it appears in photos. The feature gives the user control over which tags are accepted or rejected.
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Google+ Tiptoes Into Facial Recognition Territory
Posted by: Erika Morphy December 12, 2011 10:25 AMGoogle+Photos is adding facial recognition technology that will let users be tagged automatically in photos. To pre-empt privacy concerns, Google has made the feature opt-in, said Matt Steiner, engineering lead on the Google+ Photos team. For it to work, the user must turn on the new “Find My Face” feature in the Google+ settings. Then, Google+ prompts friends and other contacts to tag the user’s face whenever it appears in photos. The feature gives the user control over which tags are accepted or rejected.