社交网站引入“人肉搜索”技术 卷入隐私争议

屈联西

2011年06月10日  环球时报

　　Facebook now knows what you look like
　　Facebook is at the centre of another privacy row after bringing in facial recognition technology to automatically identify users in pictures。
　　The world's leading social network has begun rolling out new technology that automatically identifies and 'tags' people in photos uploaded to the website。
　　Facebook's 'Tag Suggestions' feature is designed to speed up the process of labeling friends in photos posted on Facebook。
　　If a friend 'tags' you in one photo, the technology will automatically scan your face and then find matches among all their pictures。
　　The sudden implementation of the feature, without warning, has sparked concerns among privacy campaigners。
　　Daniel Hamilton, director of privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch, said: 'Facebook users will rightly be alarmed to hear that their private information will be used in this way。
　　在将的人脸识别技术引入程序，自动识别图片中的用户后，社交网站Facebook再次陷入隐私之争的风暴中央。
　　这个世界首屈一指的社交网站推出了可自动识别身份、在上传的网络照片中“标记”人物的新技术。
　　而Facebook的“标记建议”特性旨在加速在网站照片标记好友的进程。
　　如果某好友在某张照片中“标记”了你，该技术会自动搜索你的面孔并在他(她)的其他照片中找到你的面孔。
　　这一性能未经警示突然启用，引起了注重隐私的活动家们的忧虑。
　　隐私活动组织“Big Brother Watch”的经理丹尼尔汉密尔顿说：“Facebook用户的个人隐私将会通过此方式被盗用，他们必将会对此感到警戒。”