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New Facial Recognition Tool, Designed For Research Purposes, Tracks Targets Across Different Social Networks (theverge.com)
Researchers at Trustwave on Wednesday released a new open-source tool called Social Mapper, which uses facial recognition to track subjects across social media networks. Designed for security researchers performing social engineering attacks, the system automatically locates profiles on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other networks based on a name and picture. Unlike tools such as Geofeedia that require access to certain APIs, Social Mapper performs automated manual searches in an instrumented browser window. The Verge: Those searches can already be performed manually, but the automated process means it can be performed far faster and for many people at once. "Performing intelligence gathering online is a time-consuming process," Trustwave explained in a post this morning. "What if it could be automated and done on a mass scale with hundreds or thousands of individuals?"
Another reason to nuke social media profiles, if you have them.
This is only going to snowball and eventually become very difficult to opt out of, if there's no meaningful legislation.
I am not holding my breath for that though.
Asking the hard questions. How good is this at recognizing dick pics?
Sorry, software is not designed to recognize anything as small as your balls.
Anonymous comments are as pathetic as the anonymous "sources" that contaminate gutless journalism from the New York Time
...I'd like to read a story where social networks gets less creepy.
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In the immortal words of Socrates, who said; 'I drank what?'
puts their picture in social media? I mean, if you're a sports star or actor, sure, but for everyone else, just stick to pictures of cats and your latest meal.
And if you use the same name in different social media, well derp...
"Target walking north on Washington."
"We are bringing up Metro."
"Getting in an Uber."
"Stand by...Kevin Phelps, 394 Broadway, 34, single, 5 traffic, no miz or felonies, social good...hold...no links, 12 crosses."
"Advise."
(pause)
"Advised we cannot take the shot without more crosses. Most are not recent."
I'm pretty sure that Veridian Dynamics is already working on this. I know I saw a documentary about it a few years ago.
Anyone else remember that?
Maybe this is why I keep getting Brad Pitt's text messages by accident.
You are welcome on my lawn.
And who the fuck gave them permission to do that?
Social media is bad enough, this shit is ridiculous.
OK, if you work for TrustWave, you've forfeited all rights to privacy. Fuck them, fuck their family, fuck their friends ... all of them should have every aspect of their lives published on the internet. If they think it's fair to grab our personal information, they no longer have a right to keep theirs private. That goes for everyone who works for analytics companies.
Enough of this shit.
Crap like this is why I don't use social media, and I sure as fuck don't go posting pictures of myself online.
The internet is beyond repair at this point. It's purely become a tool of corporations and governments. I'll use it for the things I need it for, I'll block the shit out of any trackers without a second thought, but all of this social media crap is just garbage.
If I'm suspicious because I don't have a Facebook profile, then we really have lost the game.
It's a publicity stunt, the code is complete crap!
I need a programming job at TrustWave since they obviously accept horribly shitty code!
Online dating sites have been using tools like this internally for years to track users' activity on competitors' sites.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
So that must be the secret to getting content on the front page of Slashdot...
Come up with a controversial and shady idea for a tool, write it as shitty as possible producing the most horrible code you can that reveals your limited understanding of the programming language you've written it in and release it to Sub Class C News site.
let alone the EU GPDR.
Stop doing this stuff.
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Do not want YOU FUCKERS. Do NOT WANT!
Great for doxxing. This is doxxing - New! Improved! With extra Scripty McScriptyFace!