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Re:Low-cost, non-invasive melanoma detector wins award by smartbit on Thursday November 09, 2017 @08:55PM (#15667353)
Miiskin tries to develop such a recognition algorithm [0]. To get the training sets they offer a app which allows you to take pictures, periodically reminds you and keep track of moles. The pictures are uploaded outside EU and linked with PII like email, sex & year of birth. Including possible pictures of your face, breasts and genitals [1].

I don't want to pay with my personal data. Is such an app recommended and are there open source alternatives?

[0] with the purpose of enabling our Image Pattern Processing system in 3.12 http://miiskin.com/legals/

[1] https://youtu.be/pTzk7rfcc-I

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Re:Low-cost, non-invasive melanoma detector wins award by epmaybe on Thursday November 09, 2017 @09:01PM (#15667380)
I'm not sure that the app is "recommended" per say, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to be extra cautious if you're out in the sun a lot or predisposed.

The only other app I know is SkinIO, developed by some northwestern students if I recall correctly. I'm not certain how it all works, but maybe look into that?

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