Facebook unveils face recognition database of all its 600 million users

[billy]

Too true. But it would make things so gosh darn inconvenient for Facebook, wouldn't it? How would they innovate, if they had to ask for permission all the time? After all, those 600 million lucrative accounts are practically their property anyway! /sarcasm

Seriously, it bugs me that they treat personal info like it's just online content (what's the harm in sharing a video? a podcast? a meme? It's the same thing, right?), ignoring that it involves real ramifications to real people.

you actually bring up a great point. i think it is the same thing .