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Worst idea ever. Worst privacy violation ever. This would would be a boon to stalkers, perverts, creeps, serial killers, and I imagine 99% of people would never opt into it.

You would opt into it implicitly just by having your pictures on Facebook. Not necessarily just by having an account, mind you; your friends might upload and tag pictures of you.

Yes, it would be a huge privacy violation. Facebook just likely wouldn't care.

Probably doesn't matter. It'll be done by someone, somewhere (most likely a government).

Technology stops for no man and no laws. It may be time to start rethinking what we mean by privacy.

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