News - Google reportedly working on face ID application

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Although the search giant disputes the exact details.

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[Noxvayl]

It's good that Google is treading carefully, it's very easy for recognition software to be abused. However I think a simple photo search tool would be great, take a photo and run a search on it to find out what it is. I know I've wanted to do that for some fonts I've seen and would like to use.

[jim]

The problem is, all they've done is identify a huge gap in the market. And sooner or later someone else will have the technology to fill it.

[Nelsaidi]

I'm no expert, but on such a small scale whats to stop someone using say, another users facebook profile picture as their own, in an attempt to login to their user?

[Noxvayl]

I'm no expert, but on such a small scale whats to stop someone using say, another users facebook profile picture as their own, in an attempt to login to their user?

I thought that at first but I think they used the wrong terminology. I suspect they mean to access certain data, ie name, number etc. Using a picture to log into an account would be ludicrous.

[miniyazz]

It's good that Google is treading carefully, it's very easy for recognition software to be abused. However I think a simple photo search tool would be great, take a photo and run a search on it to find out what it is. I know I've wanted to do that for some fonts I've seen and would like to use.

Google Goggles. Might not help with identifying fonts, but in general..