Imagine strolling down a busy city street and snapping a photo of a stranger then uploading it into a search engine that almost instantaneously helps you identify the person.

This isn’t a hypothetical. It’s possible now, thanks to a website called PimEyes, considered one of the most powerful publicly available facial recognition tools online.

  • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    What about cameras in public places uploading your image without your consent?

    Remember last year when that mall in Calgary got caught selling face data of random customers? You don’t even need to have any social media at all to be affected by this.