Facebook has acquired Face.com, the facial recognition software company. The company’s products power Facebook’s photo tagging suggestions. The announcement did not reveal any specifics about what Facebook will do with the app company. Privacy advocates see such growing databases of individual faces as an emerging threat to privacy. Facebook may look to tailor the technology to craft a mobile experience, an analyst says. It’s one of the few data sources that Facebook has yet to monetize, the analyst says, “making money off your face is on their to-do list””]
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