A site called PimEyes ago from search engine based on facial recognition, allowing you to search for anyone’s face. Even those who do not like to be tracked. With $ 29.99 per month you can upload a photo and find results online.
PimEyes is the search engine for looking for faces online with facial recognition
The New York Times has made several attempts to test PimEyes, after paying the monthly subscription to the service from $ 29.99. Uploading a photo of a dozen reporters, after asking for their verbal consent, he found results in a couple of seconds.
PimEyes recognized people and found pictures they had (or someone else had) posted online in no time. Even when they wore sunglasses or a mask. Some of the photographs were about ten years old: a reporter found a photo of him dancing at the Coachella festival in 2011.
Unlike software like Clearview AI, which is used by several law enforcement agencies, has no access to data published on social media, practice that according to Meta and Twitter violates the terms of service. Instead it focuses on online newspapers, photographer sites, web pages dedicated to weddings, blogs and pornography sites.
The Times reports good accuracy in finding matches. Although for the women in the group more than once PimEyes has linked the their images to photographs on pornographic sitesalthough there was only a vague similarity.
The Times reports that an anonymous user told reporters that he used PimEyes to find one person who was bothering them on Twitter. Another user for search the social networks of a porn actress.
According to the CEO Giorgi Gobronidze, the tool is used to keep track of one’s identity online, to see if there are any compromising images of oneself. But several commentators pointed out to the Times that it appears fmade especially for stalkers.
PimEyes asks users to seek only their own faces. But several users use it for something else. In Germania an investigation is currently underway to investigate the impact on privacy. We will keep you informed of the results.
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The New York Times