HOW TO: Stop Facebook From Using Facial Recognition To Suggest Tagging You In Photos

Facebook’s acquisition of facial-recognition firm Face.com earlier this week rekindled concerns about the social network’s use of facial-recognition technology, which has come under fire in the past. While the feature cannot be turned off altogether, there are ways to limit its use.

Facebook’s acquisition of facial-recognition firm Face.com earlier this week rekindled concerns about the social network’s use of facial-recognition technology, which has come under fire in the past. While the feature cannot be turned off altogether, there are ways to limit its use.

Sophos’ Naked Security blog posted a reminder on how Facebook users can disable the ability for their friends to automatically receive suggestions to tag them in photos:

  1. Go to your Facebook account’s privacy settings.
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