The Russian App That Has Destroyed Privacy Forever
Imagine a smartphone app that lets anyone take a picture of anyone and then find that person on social networks. Now stop imagining.
The Russian App That Will Find You in the Internet Crowd
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It’s the sort of thing you see in a Jason Bourne movie. A security camera watching over a crowded space snaps a picture of someone. A few seconds later, a supercomputer churns through a database and returns the person’s identity. The CIA knows all.
That same technology is now, for better or worse, available to anyone with a smartphone. Earlier this year, a couple of Russian programmers released an app called FindFace. It lets people take pictures of complete strangers and then almost instantly find them on social networks. See a pretty girl or guy on the street? Snap a pic, get to know them. What could go wrong?