Megacams.me , a site that shoot a line itself as a “ alive sex activity search engine ” has just introduced its recent feature : a search mapping that let you upload pictures of your crush to find camgirls that look just like her .
Creepy aright ? The site usesfacial recognition softwareto make the friction match . “ This way , ” the porn website explain , “ it feels like you are having live sexuality with the person in your picture . ” Except rather , you ’d be having cybersex with someone who might sorta seem like the person in your picture .
Megacams wo n’t expose which facial realisation API software package it ’s using — presumptively because tech companies do n’t want to be associated with pornography . While the company might lay claim that it ’s using open informant facial spotting software system ab initio develop by Intel , TechCrunch think that it ’s using Microsoft ’s Cognitive Services . Microsoft ’s brass API pop the question the first 30,000 lookup for barren each calendar month and then charges $ 1.50 for every 1,000 lookups . You ’ve likely used this API before , as Microsoft found a bunch of viral sites to show off the software : oneguesses your old age , anotherfinds your fame doppelgänger , onechooses your dog doppelgänger .
This technology is not very dependable . TechCrunchtested out the truth of Megacams.me ’s doppelgänger and found that the best match only had a 47 percent likeness .
That enounce , similar technology is sneak into a figure of service that hope to expend biometric scanning to enhance their offerings . Facebookhas beenusing facial recognition for yearsto auto - tag your photos . And then this week , Uber alsorolled outits Real - Time ID Check program nationwide , which requires drivers to upload a selfie before they start working to confirm that the soul registered with the app is the same as the person driving your Uber . The company ’s programme proudly uses Microsoft ’s Cognitive Services’face API“to protect both rider and drivers . ”
Does facial recognition make porn more sport ? For some hoi polloi , perhaps . Does it make horseback riding in an Uber safer ? ill-defined .
https://gizmodo.com/this-facial-recognition-software-signals-the-end-of-the-1548210294
Regardless , we ’re entering a new era in which this facial recognition will play a major role . Privacy concern abound . ( Will these companies keep database of our faces ? ) We also do n’t eff how facial recognition will make our biography better . ( Will the computers use this against us ? ) But here we are , bright and scared .
[ TechCrunch ]
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