FindFace app identifies strangers with 70 per cent accuracyFindFace uses a face-recognition algorithm to match photos with social media profiles. Kabakov told the Guardian that Russian police officers have used FindFace to solve crimes, for which there were photographs or closed-circuit footage. "If you see someone you like, you can photograph them, find their identity, and then send them a friend request," Kabakov told the Guardian in an interview. But the Russian developers say their facial recognition software could be used by authorities to fight crime — and, just as easily, score dates with attractive strangers. FindFace, the identification app created by Alexander Kabakov, 29, and Artem Kukharenko, 26, is not quite as powerful as Christopher Nolan's Orwellian nightmare tool.

Source: Stuff May 19, 2016 14:45 UTC