I don't have Facebook nor Instagram, but my partner does and so does my siblings, parents and cousins.

Photos of me undoubtedly exist on their platform, with my name as well.

Not sure I am ok with random people instantly knowing who I am and who my relatives are.

Meta should be wiped from this planet...when I read sh*t like this I always say something like "this is the worse" until next week when something even worse comes out re Meta

To complete their bigBrother dreams they could partner with smart tv manufacturers to have a camera and non removable fb app with face recognition. The scary part is that most consumers wouldn't even object to this.

This is an opportune moment for me to add a story about my dad. He once asked me, "Do you use Facebook?" I don't use Facebook. My colleague Jeff once sent me an invite whether he would like to be my "friend" on Facebook. I had Jeff's email address, and so I emailed him and I said, "Look Jeff, we're business partners. I send you invoices; you pay me. That is the extent of our relationship. I do not want to be your friend on Facebook." He looked at me and then continued and said, "Jeff never replied to apologise."

Because of course they did.

I see that Meta’s engineers are still busy and happy to build a dystopia in exchange of money.

Damage is already done, they’ve shipped nearly working software to any creep and police officer that need little modification to actually work.

I wonder though what is the GDPR status of something like that? Is anybody just allowed to build a biometric database using public or personal photos?

Ironically, this is exactly the thing I have always wished smart glasses could give me: a HUD overlay with facial recognition, to remind me 1) what this person’s name is, 2) how I know them, and 3) when was the last time I saw them.

It would make running into people unexpectedly such a better experience for me.

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403588