IT security and data protection firm, Sophos, encouraging Facebook users to review their privacy settings, after reports that the site has enabled facial recognition for photo tags for many users.
Facebook revealed last year it was introducing facial recognition technology to encourage users to tag each other in photographs, but the functionality was initially only available in North America and was disabled elsewhere.
In the last few days, Facebook users around the world have reported that the option has been enabled without any notice by the website. To the annoyance of many Facebook users, the site provides no way for users to pre-approve photos they are tagged in. Instead users must untag themselves manually after they have been tagged.
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Facebook Changes Privacy Settings for Millions of Users with Facial Recognition, Sophos Reports
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