Facial recognition app taking off in Russia

[Mynight]

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...ecognition-app-end-public-anonymity-vkontakte

Not sure if others have seen this yet. Appears they're able to accurately identify people 70% of the time (not sure if the 30% are mainly due to bad initial photography).

Now it appears people have been using it for more nefarious means;

http://www.newsweek.com/porn-actress-facial-recognition-findface-sex-worker-453357 (I assume the blurred pic is family friendly enough).

Being able to identify random people with such accuracy. I can't imagine it's too far away that such an app with be able to target Facebook and similar sites.

Does this concern anyone else?

 

[G-MAN2004]

Nope, I'm not a porn star and I'm certainly not anyone important enough to be outed as anything.

 

[413x]

I wish you could make your Facebook profile completly private.

 

[Janesy B]

I wish you could make your Facebook profile completly private.

You can, delete it.

 

[Schlong&Stable]

Met-art isn't porn. It's art!

<_<

 

[Malevolence]

"John Anderton, you could use a Guinness right about now."

 

[CREATIVE!11]

I wish you could make your Facebook profile completly private.

You can....

I've got mine locked down pretty tight.

I don't want say prospective employers trying to look at it.

 

[OspreyO]

You can, delete it.

Exactly

 

[Cosimo]

In Russia the FSB finds a new way to track you...

 

[SexyGreyFox]

You can, delete it.

What if you still need it?

 

[antijoke]

Aiden Pearce will protect us. ctOS is real.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Nope, I'm not a porn star and I'm certainly not anyone important enough to be outed as anything.

Porn star or not, everyone is still a pawn (even if I'm pawnless) at the end of the day. We're all being watched, Facebook or not. Smart TVs have become telescreens etc. Big Brother is watching you. It's 1984!

 

[The Funktopus]

Porn star or not, everyone is still a pawn (even if I'm pawnless) at the end of the day. We're all being watched, Facebook or not. Smart TVs have become telescreens etc. Big Brother is watching you. It's 1984!

Thought crime! Off to the Ministry of Love for you!

 

[Dynix]

You can....

I've got mine locked down pretty tight.

I don't want say prospective employers trying to look at it.

Mines about as locked down as can be also, but I do wish they added back the ability to not even load your page altogether unless you allowed them to (friends, friends of friends, etc). For whatever reason, they removed about ability around 2 years ago.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

For a moment there I read that as Faecal Recognition. Which seems more appropriate.

 

[Amp34]

Mines about as locked down as can be also, but I do wish they added back the ability to not even load your page altogether unless you allowed them to (friends, friends of friends, etc). For whatever reason, they removed about ability around 2 years ago.

I assume you have it set so the only way non friends and friends of friends can find you is by typing in your email address?

 

[StriderX]

I feel like this will just end up being used to find gay people and beat them up.