Facebook tries to revive Facial Recognition in Europe

-
Facebook hopes to test its tool on a sample of European user before considering to extend the system to the rest of the EU. Improvements have been planned so that the use of this technology does not come to face the RGPD.

Facial recognition at Facebook is a thorny subject. This may be understandable: given positions sometimes controversy social network privacy and its business model based on advertising, we're entitled to be worried at the idea that Facebook can analyze and recognize the faces present on the photos.

As reported by the Figaro, Facebook would like to test a new version of its functionality of facial recognition in Europe. It is already enabled in the US for several years and allows users to have a better control over photos of them uploaded on social networking: don't need a user let you tag on an image to be put to the aware of its upload on the social network. Facebook will you recognize and you warn whenever an image of you is put online on the network, which will allow the user to accept or oppose the launch of it.

In addition to this aspect, this technology also aims to simplify the use of the network for the visually impaired who would resort to a tool of image description. The network will be able to describe the image people unless they are necessarily tagged by users also.

Facebook intends to deploy this technology in a revised and corrected version to conform to the RGPD which will come into force in may 2018 in Europe. For the occasion, it will ask the user approval before be activated. Facebook explains also have put in place an impact assessment, according to the RGPD, in order to ensure that the risks associated with the use of this technology.

In order to ensure that the data used for facial recognition is safe, the method of Facebook to keep data of facial recognition will not retain a complete model, but the system just to analyze images in order to recreate an encrypted version of the model which will be stored on the Facebook servers. The social network says taking care of limit interoperability with the rest of the recognitions systems face in order to avoid the risk of leakage of data and precise have no intention to use it for advertising purposes.

The turnaround of Facebook is sensitive: last year the Group announced indeed features similar, but refused to deploy in Europe. The arrival of the RGPD looked to cool the ardor of Facebook, but ahead of the entry into force, Facebook seems to be regaining its deployments, revved to not offend the European authorities. Facebook was encountered the resistance of the CNIL European when the social network had wanted to enable its tools of facial recognition
without consent 5 years ago.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Why Amazon spent more than $ 1 billion on a smart ring startup

-
Image
Amazon is the undisputed queen of electronic commerce. But now it has been proposed to revolutionize the world of home delivery, and spared no expense when it comes to investing in a new technology that makes it possible. The company of Jeff Bezos, the multimillionaire owner of the internet giant, confirmed on Tuesday that he has just closed one of his most voluminous purchases with the acquisition of Ring, a manufacturer of smart stamps for which he has paid more than US $ 1,000 million. It is a startup dedicated to the creation of ringtones connected to a Wi-Fi connection networkThat they let you know if there is someone coming home. This technology aroused the interest of Amazon, which has seen in this system an innovative way - and perhaps more secure - to deliver packages at home to their customers even if they are not at home. The key of Amazon Key? Ring's smart ringers use a motion detector that sends direct information to the user's cell phone, first with...
Read more

Supports 4G: Orange has put the package in February

-
Image
The incumbent focuses on commissioning in the 1800 Mhz band which associate to other frequencies allows us to offer more flow.While operators have made new commitments in the 4G coverage as a result of the requirements of the Government, ANFR (national frequencies Agency) made the point on the commissioning of  materials 4 G during the month of February. It's Orange, which was the most active with 313 sites placed in service for a total of 14.603. The incumbent focuses on commissioning in the 1800 Mhz band which associate to other frequencies allows us to offer more flow. "Currently, we gather three frequency bands and we start to aggregate four, allowing compatible terminals up to 600 / 800 Mb/s theoretical." Practical flow rising is also already seen on the ground," explained to us there is little Laurent Benatar, technical director of Orange. Free Mobile is on the second step of the podium with 164 commissioning for a total of 10.058 sites. The operator focuse...
Read more

China Mobile expands in France

-
Image
The telecom giant will multiply with Chinese actors already installed on the old continent and agreements with local operators. After London, China Mobile opened premises in France, in Boulogne-Billancourt. The Chinese giant, more big operators in the world by number of subscribers (880 million) is in the wake of China Unicom and China Telecom, which already have a subsidiary in our country. The goal is of course to develop European activities: "We have very ambitious targets for this year," explains echoes Benedict Cholvy, who will lead China Mobile in France. How? Developing partnerships with Chinese companies on the french market so including their propose targeted offers. China Mobile also intends to make agreements with operators as local Telecom Orange with an agreement on research and development in the 5 G and the Internet of things. Finally, the group will intensify the roaming agreements with french operators specifically for Chinese tourists. "By 2017, amo...
Read more