A startup called PimEyes allows anyone to identify a stranger within seconds with just a photo of the person’s face. The technology has alarmed privacy advocates worldwide.

  • treadful
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    1 year ago

    Why is this negative compared to “organic” recognition?

    I get not wanting to be in big centralized databases, but digital recognition of a feature you show publicly doesn’t seem so nefarious to me.

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      1 year ago

      Being able to compare someone’s face to your own database is one thing. Being able to look up a random person using the entire Internet as a database is a stalker’s utopia.