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I think this adware company is pure evil, but this feature seems like something a user might actually opt in to (as noted in the AP story, quite a few did).

Interesting to see that while meta at least publicly scraps the feature, a similar one on iOS Photos is not even an opt-in – you can't turn it off.

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It will be trivial to get users to opt in, just bury it in the "terms of service" for whatsapp/instragram/facebook/etc and you're set.

Network effects mean you can't realistically say no.

The difference is that the information gets processed, stored, and accessed only on your own devices with Apple, and on metas servers in the case of Facebook.

How does information about my face gets processed, stored, and accessed only on your own devices? Without Apple's help?

I don’t understand the question? iPhoto detects faces and you can assign one of your contacts to that face?

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