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A comment on Russia’s new FindFace app identifies strangers in a crowd with 70% accuracy. Parent comment

Re:Russia’s new FindFace app identifies strangers in a crowd... by miander2 on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @09:33AM (#11721756)
Exactly. We cannot have any expectation of privacy in public and likewise, we cannot have any expectation of privacy in online social media.
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Re:Russia’s new FindFace app identifies strangers in a crowd... by germanier on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @10:52AM (#11722378)
There is a fine line between "somebody who knows me (even if not personally) can recognize me on the street" and "everybody can know everything I do out in public or online"
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