Meta AI: Your photos are being used for Meta AI! What is the truth in this?

Meta's two platforms Facebook and Instagram are once again in controversy over privacy. Till now people knew that Meta AI uses the photos posted on Facebook to improve its system, but now the matter has gone further. Now Meta wants access to the photos in your phone gallery. Even those photos which you have never shared on Facebook or Instagram. What is this matter, read full details about it here.

What is the Cloud Processing feature?

Recently some Facebook users saw a new pop-up in which it was written that they should turn on the cloud processing feature. As soon as you turn on this feature, Meta gets permission to scan your gallery. That means all your photos that you have not shared go directly to Meta's cloud server.

Meta claims that by doing this it will give you creative ideas. Like photo collages, special filters for birthday or wedding occasions, and AI-generated suggestions. This sounds good, but the real game is much deeper than this.

Your photos, Meta's AI training
When you turn on this feature, Meta gets a free hand to look at your unshared photos such as face recognition, things present in the photo, when and where it was clicked, and other information.

Meta is saying that this is an opt-in feature, meaning you can turn it off anytime if you want, but the question arises do most users read all these terms? Do they realize that their private photos are now being exposed to an AI?

Data has been used since 2007
Meta has already accepted that it has used all the public photos uploaded on Facebook and Instagram from 2007 till now to train the AI. But Meta never clarified what public means.

The question also arises who is Meta considering an adult? If someone was 13 years old in 2007 and now his data is being used in AI training, then is this right?

What is the way to avoid this?

The good thing is that you can turn off this cloud processing feature by going to Facebook's settings. Meta says that if a user turns off this option, it will remove all unshared photos from the cloud within 30 days.

But the real concern is that this feature is being presented as a helpful tool, while in reality, it is silently crossing the limits of your privacy.

Threat to user privacy?

Today AI is infiltrating everything, chatting, shopping, photography, and now even your gallery. Companies are now trying to get as much data as possible from the user so that their AI systems become smarter.

This new step of Meta raises the question of whether we understand our privacy. Can a seemingly simple feature spoil our privacy?

What to do now?

For this, go to Facebook's settings and check options like Cloud Processing or Camera Roll Access. If you find this feature on, then turn it off immediately.

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