Turns out Google has facial recognition technology, but has actually chosen not to use it. Facebook, on the other hand, just forgot to to mention it to us…..
Is Facebook’s facial recognition tool as creepy as it seems? – Big Question – Salon.com.
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I just found this article, which includes instructions for disabling facial recognition.
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/06/07/facebook-privacy-settings-facial-recognition-enabled/