Facial recognition service becomes a weapon against Russian porn actresses

Re:Facial recognition service becomes a weapon against Russi... by devereaux on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @01:17PM (#11582392)

”Dvach” (2chan) launched a campaign to deanonymize actresses who appear in pornography. After identifying these women with FindFace, Dvach users shared archived copies of their Vkontakte pages and spammed the women’s families and friends with messages informing them about the discovery. (...) The Internet users behind the doxing campaign say their motivation is moral outrage, claiming that women in the sex industry are “corrupt and deceptive.”

Personally, I find these persons behind the doxing campaign much more corrupt and deceptive.

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Re:Facial recognition service becomes a weapon against Russi... by PascalsMugger on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @06:47PM (#11585224)

Absolutely, but this incident is the perfect example of how new technology will always be used by assholes to do asshole things, along with whatever good uses it was designed for. We should always ask "what would 4chan do with this capability?" when inventing new things.

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Re:Facial recognition service becomes a weapon against Russi... by disremembered on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @01:22PM (#11582451)

Seriously, that group is driven by hatred and misunderstanding. They are effectively trolls, poisoning the well for those with legitimate privacy concerns.

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