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Show Facebook Computer Vision Tags is a Chrome (and Firefox) browser extension created to expose and overlay the automatically generated image tags that Facebook applies to photos in users’ feeds. Since Facebook uses a computer-vision model to analyse user-uploaded images and generate alt-text tags for accessibility (e.g., “Image may contain: golf, grass, outdoor and nature”), this extension surfaces those hidden tags directly in the UI—revealing what kind of information Facebook infers about images (objects present, activities being done, environment). The purpose is educational and somewhat cautionary: to help users understand the scope of visual inference and privacy issues. Once installed, the extension overlays those tags on images in the timeline, making visible what is typically hidden metadata. The project is relatively lightweight but has garnered attention due to its privacy transparency angle.
Features
- Browser extension for Chrome/Firefox that overlays Facebook-generated image tags
- Reveals hidden alt-text and computer-vision tags on images in users’ Facebook feeds
- Highlights inferred objects, activities, environment, and context from photos
- Educational tool to increase awareness of visual metadata and privacy implications
- Lightweight codebase (JavaScript + CSS manifest) under MIT license
- Insight into how large social platforms process and tag user-uploaded images
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