Facial recognition app used to shame *** workers in Russia
 

Facial recognition app used to shame *** workers in Russia
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*** workers and ****ography actresses in Russia are being identified through a facial recognition app and then harassed online.

It's a sad and sadly inevitable use of such tech**logy, which has already become relatively ubiquitous through photo programs like Facebook's Moments and Google Photos.

SEE ALSO: Uber launches new facial recognition feature in China


Those apps don't allow for the identification of random people, but Russia's FindFace does.*

FindFace is an app that rather terrifyingly allows users to take photos of anyone and find them on Vkontakte (VK), a Russian social network that is often compared to Facebook. Read more...


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