‘Too dangerous:’ Why even Google was afraid to release this technology

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An example of the photos surfaced by PimEyes when a photo of author Bobby Allyn was uploaded to the site. Some of the photos are easily found from a Google search. But even the person depicted in the photo didn’t know some of these images existed online. pimeyes.com

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Imagine strolling down a busy city street and snapping a photo of a stranger then uploading it into a search engine that almost instantaneously identifies the person.

This isn’t a hypothetical. It’s possible now, thanks

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