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'Too dangerous': Why even Google was afraid to release this technology (www.npr.org)
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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.

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[โ€“] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Okay, we need legal protections against this yesterday. Wtf?

[โ€“] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

That will help making these tools less accessible, but it won't stop them from existing

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