{"id":299106,"date":"2017-03-15T09:01:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T08:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/this-creepy-facial-recognition-app-lets-users-find-strangers-on-facebook-by-taking-their-picture\/"},"modified":"2017-03-15T09:01:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T08:01:12","slug":"this-creepy-facial-recognition-app-lets-users-find-strangers-on-facebook-by-taking-their-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/this-creepy-facial-recognition-app-lets-users-find-strangers-on-facebook-by-taking-their-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"This creepy facial recognition app lets users find strangers on Facebook by taking their picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/2017\/03\/14\/creepy-facial-recognition-app-users-find-strangers-facebook\/\"><strong>London Telegraph<\/strong><\/a><br \/>March 14, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">A<\/span>\u00a0facial recognition app that can identify strangers from a photograph has been created by a British entrepreneur.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facezam can identify people by matching a\u00a0photo\u00a0of them\u00a0with their\u00a0Facebook profile. All users have to do is take a picture of someone on the street and run it through the app, which will tell them who it thinks the\u00a0person in the photo\u00a0is.<\/p>\n<p data-mediaconductor-processed=\"true\">\u201cFacezam could be the end of our anonymous societies,\u201d said Jack Kenyon, founder of Facezam. \u201cUsers will be able to identify anyone within a matter of seconds, which means privacy will no longer exist in public society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Facezam scans billions of Facebook profile images a second, which it accesses through a database for developers, until it finds a match. It claims to be able to link most photos with a profile on the social network within 10 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/2017\/03\/14\/creepy-facial-recognition-app-users-find-strangers-facebook\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Tuesday, March 14, 2017  at  9:19 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/this-creepy-facial-recognition-app-lets-users-find-strangers-on-facebook-by-taking-their-picture.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"http:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p>        <!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n --><\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/this-creepy-facial-recognition-app-lets-users-find-strangers-on-facebook-by-taking-their-picture.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London TelegraphMarch 14, 2017 A\u00a0facial recognition app that can identify strangers from a photograph has been created by a British entrepreneur. Facezam can identify people by matching a\u00a0photo\u00a0of them\u00a0with their\u00a0Facebook profile. 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