Using Facial Recognition To Display Profile Information Of Strangers

March 3, 2010

Android-based application Recognizr allows users to gather public information about others using video facial recognition. The app draws from profile information that opt-in users include when signing up for the service, which limits the amount of data available but tempers privacy concerns of non-users.

[via TheNextWeb]

By Kyle Studstill

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