People are using this facial-recognition app to stalk adult actresses
Dec15
Launched in February by Russian developer Trinity Digital, FindFace is one part South Park’s TrollTrace, one part restraining order, and a heaping pinch of voyeurism. As the name suggests, it allows you to find the Vkontakte (the biggest rival to Facebook in Russia, often called simply VK) profile of anyone, simply by uploading a photograph of them. The app combines facial recognition software with neural networks, and according to VentureBeat, was intended by the developers to be a tool to make it easier to find friends. The problem is, that’s not how it’s being used. Predictably, the worst denizens of the Russian…
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