Google Launches 'Find My Face': Fun or Freaky?

by SodaHead News Posted 2011/12/09 23:00:00

Related Topics: Find My Face, Facial Recognition, Google, Facebook, Model, Fun, Twitter, Photos, Internet, Photo, Freaky, Image

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You may have experimented with Facebook's Photo Tag Suggest, which scans photos for faces and recommends tags, but Google's Find My Face is an attempt to one-up Facebook's face recognition program -- specifically in terms of privacy. Find My Face allows Google+ users to opt out of the system, so it won't create a reference model of your face unless you explicitly let it and will ask users for permission before a stranger tries to tag you.

Facebook has received flak for only allowing users to remove tags once they've already been posted. In other words, you're responsible for your own privacy. Google's Benjamin Petrosky said on Thursday, "Privacy has been baked right into this feature. The goal is to only suggest tags for people that you know or we think you know. It doesn't have to be bi-directional." What do you think of Google's "Find my Face" feature? Is it fun -- or a little freaky?

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Waiting in the Wings 2011/12/10 04:17:30

Freaky

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I have nothing to hide, but I reserve my right to privacy and I expect people to observe it.
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bella 2011/12/16 18:49:21

Fun

dit is kwl

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FRED 2011/12/16 05:41:02

Fun

Fun if you have nothing to hide a/o fear

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Jami Griffin 2011/12/15 16:42:48

Freaky

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Can be fun but I think just a little too freaky. Hmmm... to google I go

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Anna E 2011/12/14 22:59:42

Freaky

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I think it can be both freaky and fun.
Wonder wat my hubby's been up to? lol

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Sheled Umlal 2011/12/14 12:22:29
Vecktor 2011/12/14 08:43:49

Fun

From a programmer viewpoint I find the feature pretty awesome. It's a shame it lends itself to abuse.

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Get Bashed 2011/12/13 18:18:31

Freaky

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FREAKY...you could be around any computer after and be getting tracked. You don't have to be guilty of anything, but that's the way you'll feel.

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lucky 2011/12/13 16:25:21

Fun

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Fun, it leaves privacy in my own hands so I have no problem with it.

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The Sane One 2011/12/13 01:47:36

Freaky

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I'll opt out of it, strictly on principle.

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Fairydust 2011/12/13 01:42:18

Freaky

Intrusive is the word you should be groping for.

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Amy Rose The HedgeHog 2011/12/13 01:08:56

Freaky

+1
wrong to me

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Soup Man 2011/12/12 22:05:56

Freaky

+1
a tad

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Yuki ~ ♦Lion King of PHÆT♦ 2011/12/12 21:56:16

Fun

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It's not fun or freaky. It's an attractive feature to being a social networking site.

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m 2011/12/12 19:54:12

Freaky

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@_______@ <--scan this.......its a terrified face!

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boltfox20 2011/12/12 19:34:37

Freaky

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I actually don't think it is, but it's certainly not fun.

Personally, I don't care one way or another. This tech is here and not going away, might as well put it to good use. The plus side is that it is not enabled by default, unlike most of the things on Facebook. If you want to use it, you'll like it. If you don't like it, you don't have to use it.

Simple, really.

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hari 2011/12/12 19:13:36

Fun

+1
Google is so advance and progress fast for many variety

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pitchergrl1 2011/12/12 18:31:17

Freaky

its Just plane weird

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stevegtexas@aol.com 2011/12/12 18:05:41

Fun

Really cool. Here..... put my pictures in and see what you get.

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rosebud 2011/12/12 17:03:06

Freaky

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This is why I nvr put my face here or in Facebook either.

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Riobhca 2011/12/12 16:12:10

Freaky

Why in the world do people waste their time on such mindless drivel.

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Lori 2011/12/12 16:02:46

Freaky

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Freaks me out. Then again... I could use it to locate my evil twin.

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rosebud to Lori 2011/12/12 17:03:47

LMAO!

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angel face 2011/12/12 15:44:22
MelodyFaithClark-Curzon 2011/12/12 15:16:30

Freaky

+1
it seems a little strange but I'll check it out.

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DS in Oak Ridge NC 2011/12/12 15:03:22 (edited)

Freaky

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They're getting a tad too advanced for my sense of comfort. Between Faces and Bases (secret US Military bases showing up on Google Maps), they are fast becoming a lesson in unintended consequences, and how hard it is to 'do no evil' these days. If they're still looking for my face, I'm the one wearing a fake Groucho Glasses, Nose & Mustache combo.

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politicalsoldier 2011/12/12 14:42:44

Freaky

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An assault on our right to privacy. But what can you expect from a left-wing, Obama supporting, radical Islam loving, globalist organization like Google?

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Dolly 2011/12/12 14:32:11

Freaky

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i may be starting to fear technology...this aint good.

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bugzfermy 2011/12/12 10:37:40

Fun

wew

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hannah 2011/12/12 04:40:03

Freaky

+1
umm no thanx

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MO.gal 2011/12/12 03:18:19

Freaky

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I do not like the idea, it's great for stalkers. Soon there will be no privacy at all.

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♀☛I'm~Totally~Иormal☚ 2011/12/12 01:47:32

Freaky

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Looks like we have a digital stalker.... o.0

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Allen W... to ♀☛I'm~T... 2011/12/12 19:11:30

I'm an old geezer too. I never thought I'd look so funny. I only feel 80 a dozen times a day. If I had to look at myself in print it would add more times to feel old. Honestly I don't feel like laughing but it is a funny joke nature plays on survivors of the ravages of time. A. Wilson

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Ghostie... to ♀☛I'm~T... 2011/12/12 21:26:05

I...HOPE...THIS...GUY...BURN....
He will rotten in hell for sure.What he did is unforgiven.THE END.

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Torchmanner ~PWCM~JLA 2011/12/12 01:31:54 (edited)

Fun

+1
It works too!

It's also why my image is not on sites like Face Book

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Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~ 2011/12/12 01:00:00

Freaky

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They get the proportions of your face from photos, they sell the information to the government, the government can now track our features and find out where we are...

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♥K14 2011/12/12 00:03:34

Fun

+1
There is nothing "Freaky" about it.

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deleted user 2011/12/11 23:39:27

Freaky

+1
Except if I find out who's fake like that.

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jere.chievres 2011/12/11 22:23:37

Freaky

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Very freaky

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Nonpartisan 2011/12/11 20:46:31

Fun

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Maybe it would help me find the people who look like me who might get me into trouble.

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rosebud to Nonpart... 2011/12/12 17:06:22

Sorry, there are too many who have similar genetics and who also look similar to you who would make you blink in surprise.

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