Face Search Engine Raises Privacy Concerns 158
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?"
Re:pr0n (Score:1, Informative)
Unless they're into that kind of thing.
Re:The end of protest? (Score:3, Informative)
The FBI used to do it back in the 60's, when cameras used film. I'm unaware of any of the images actually ever being used, but the threat was obvious: we know who you are. Even if, of course, they didn't.
Didn't stop the protestors then, either. Just pissed a bunch of people off, and had a lot of people jumping in front of the cameras and shouting their names and addresses at them: Now you really know who I am, and that I'm not afraid of you.
already done (Score:1, Informative)
Diamond (Score:2, Informative)