According to an announcement on their blog, Facebook has implemented facial recognition technology that’s going to make photo tagging much easier from now on. This new feature has actually been available for a few months, but is only now being rolled out to all countries. Thanks to facial recognition, you shouldn’t have to type in your friend’s name every time you want to tag them in a picture – Facebook will automatically suggest it to you, as long as the system is able to identify their faces.
But not everyone is happy with this new feature. If you don’t like being tagged in photos, this is just one more thing you have to worry about with your Facebook account. Luckily for you, disabling facial recognition is quite easy. Here’s how do it:
1. Open Privacy settings from the drop-down menu in the top right corner of your Facebook account.
2. Click the Customize settings link.
3. Scroll down until you see the Suggest photos of me to friends (under ‘Things others share’) and click the Edit Settings button.
4. Facebook will open a new window with a brief explanation about this new feature. Simply select the Disabled option in the drop-down menu and you’re done.
Of course, disabling this feature doesn’t mean your friends can’t tag you. They can still do it by entering your name manually. It just won’t be as easy as Facebook wants it to be!
