Face++: API for face detection – also detects gender, age, pose

Re:Face++: API for face detection – also detects gender, age... by afandian on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @08:55AM (#8556472)

Your footnote should win some kind of prize for "most terrifying inconsequential remark".

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Re:Face++: API for face detection – also detects gender, age... by discardorama on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @10:34AM (#8556990)

I think there's an unspoken rule on the internet: any piece of personal data will eventually be used for ad targeting.

The response rates for display ads are so abysmal that any edge can make a difference. CTRs (click-through rates) hover around 0.1%, so if you increased CTR by a slim 0.1%, you'd double the revenue!

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Re:Face++: API for face detection – also detects gender, age... by afandian on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @11:13AM (#8557272)

The corollary (?) is that the most unexpected use will likely be the most lucrative.

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Re:Face++: API for face detection – also detects gender, age... by downandout on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @09:01AM (#8556497)

I literally LOL'd at this :) .

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