"A new facial recognition tool is being used to reveal the true identities of porn actresses and sex workers for the purpose of “outing” them to their families and social media contacts.
The FindFace app, which launched in February this year, works by analyzing an image of a person and matching it to their account on the Russian social network VKontakte.
Users of the Russian website Dvach are now using the technology to deanonymize porn actresses and spam their friends and families with news of their discovery. The campaign is also targeting women registered to the Russian website “Intimcity,” which advertises prostitution and escort services.
Several examples seen by Global Voices revealed that the participants of the campaign are motivated by moral outrage towards an industry they view as “corrupt and deceptive.”
http://www.newsweek.com/porn-actress-facial-recognition-findface-sex-worker-453357
The FindFace app, which launched in February this year, works by analyzing an image of a person and matching it to their account on the Russian social network VKontakte.
Users of the Russian website Dvach are now using the technology to deanonymize porn actresses and spam their friends and families with news of their discovery. The campaign is also targeting women registered to the Russian website “Intimcity,” which advertises prostitution and escort services.
Several examples seen by Global Voices revealed that the participants of the campaign are motivated by moral outrage towards an industry they view as “corrupt and deceptive.”
http://www.newsweek.com/porn-actress-facial-recognition-findface-sex-worker-453357