Facebook – Sourav Ghosh https://souravghoshsays.github.io Aspiring Computer Scientist | Samsung R&D Institute - Bangalore | M.Tech (CS), IIT Kharagpur Thu, 29 Jun 2017 18:44:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 https://souravghoshsays.github.io/wp-content/uploads/Professional-75x75.jpg Facebook – Sourav Ghosh https://souravghoshsays.github.io 32 32 Facebook Profile Picture Guard: Completely Preventive or just a Deterrent? https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2017/06/24/facebook-profile-picture-guard-preventive-deterrent/ https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2017/06/24/facebook-profile-picture-guard-preventive-deterrent/#respond Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:23:32 +0000 https://127.0.0.1/wordpress/?p=7432 This week, Facebook India launched a new tool called the Profile Picture Guard, which is aimed at preventing misuse of profile pictures by third parties and thereby giving an enhanced sense of privacy and safety to the users. But how well can it actually protect user privacy? In markets like India, there have been cases …

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]]> https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2017/06/24/facebook-profile-picture-guard-preventive-deterrent/feed/ 0 Facebook employing Image Recognition in Accessibility: An Informal Evaluation https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2016/11/12/facebook-employing-image-recognition-in-accessibility-an-informal-evaluation/ https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2016/11/12/facebook-employing-image-recognition-in-accessibility-an-informal-evaluation/#respond Sat, 12 Nov 2016 07:25:37 +0000 https://127.0.0.1/wordpress/?p=5051 Image recognition, especially, facial recognition is nothing new to casual users of smartphones and social networks. Many social networks including Facebook has been using facial recognition to suggest the names of “friends” while tagging newly uploaded photos. With increasing confidence values provided by modified algorithms, apps like Facebook Moments now boldly suggests that you send …

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]]> https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2016/11/12/facebook-employing-image-recognition-in-accessibility-an-informal-evaluation/feed/ 0 Photo tagging abuse : A chagrin of social media https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2015/01/26/photo-tagging-abuse-a-chagrin-of-social-media/ https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2015/01/26/photo-tagging-abuse-a-chagrin-of-social-media/#respond Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:31:24 +0000 https://127.0.0.1/wordpress/?p=2901 Although the word “tagging” was not coined by social media, yet today it has become quite commonplace, thanks to the mass acceptance and popularity of sites like Facebook and Instagram. We take group photos, upload them on these sites, share them with out friends, but we don’t stop there. We tag the people in them! …

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]]> https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2015/01/26/photo-tagging-abuse-a-chagrin-of-social-media/feed/ 0 The Adventurous Chronicles of 2014 https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2014/12/23/the-adventurous-chronicles-of-2014/ https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2014/12/23/the-adventurous-chronicles-of-2014/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:05:13 +0000 https://127.0.0.1/wordpress/?p=2711 Last year around this time, based on my trips to Dehradun, Bangalore, Chennai and Puri, and getting to interact with so many interesting people and receiving awards from IT giants, I thought that 2013 had been the most eventful year. And, I was right…. until 2014! 2014 was an adventure of a lifetime. So many …

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]]> https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2014/12/23/the-adventurous-chronicles-of-2014/feed/ 0 Facebook rolls out Embeddable Posts to all users https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2013/08/22/facebook-rolls-out-embeddable-posts-to-all-users/ https://souravghoshsays.github.io/index.php/2013/08/22/facebook-rolls-out-embeddable-posts-to-all-users/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:48:55 +0000 https://127.0.0.1/wordpress/?p=1911   Facebook announced that it was testing Embeddable posts earlier in July. This would enable users to share posts on the popular social network not only across the network but on any webpage. Initially the feature was rolled out to a few publications and pages, and after refining it considering feedback, Facebook is finally rolling …

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