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.

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    11 months ago

    Permanently erase unwanted photos from external websites. Eliminate the problem of illegal usage of your image.

    LOL…ok there…

    Upload photo and find out where images are published upload bar arrow

    Or you can take a photo with the device’s camera. Don’t worry, we will not store it!

    LOL, won’t store shit my ass

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    11 months ago

    I have been adamant since 2006 that myself nor anyone else post pictures of my face or my children’s faces on social media for I knew this day would come eventually

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      I know I’m old, but it was so violating when this first happened to me on facebook.

      Going to parties became less fun and more boring, when you had to start worrying what you’d look like when someone posted a picture of you without your consent.

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    11 months ago

    I proposed something like this for my graphic design thesis about 10+ years ago, though it was meant more as a warning against all the social media apps that were coming out at the time (foursquare, facebook, and others). People were posting pics of themselves all over and you could grab a ton of info just from a person’s picture. To prove my point I picked a random person based on a photo they posted and found as much info as I could. The pitch was that I would present it completely straight, as if it was a legitimate service, but I wanted it to come off creepy as fuck, as a sort of warning against the out-of-control posting that people were doing. It was going to be a sort of “dating” service where you could take a picture of somebody and instantly get all the information available on the internet about them, more a stalking app than anything, but same basic idea as this. Apparently I should’ve started up my own company.

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    Being able to purge unwanted use of your image and info is nice, and to a lesser extent so would being able to call up a nametag for people you’ve met before, because introvert name recollection is the great killer of our society