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Face Search Engine Raises Privacy Concerns

Posted by kdawson on from the i-forget-the-mane-but-the-pace-is-familiar dept.

holy_calamity writes "Startup Polar Rose is in the news today after announcing it will soon launch a service that uses facial recognition software, along with collaborative input, to identify and find people in photos online. But such technology has serious implications for privacy, according to two UK civil liberties groups. Will people be so keen to put their lives on Flickr once anyone from ID thieves to governments can find out their name, and who they associate with?"

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  1. "collective intelligence" by TodMinuit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Polar Rose relies on a combination of our unique face recognition algorithms and the collective intelligence of our users.

    They seem to have made a fatal assumption.

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  2. pr0n by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Startup Polar Rose is in the news today after announcing it will soon launch a service that uses facial recognition software,

    The only "facial" recognition software I use is Google Image Search with Safesearch turned off.

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