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Russia's 'most popular search engine' Yandex is branded 'creepy' after tests reveal it uses facial recognition to reveal identities in anonymous images.
A Russian search engine is being accused of providing an unregulated facial recognition system to members of the public — violating personal privacy. Experts have slammed the feature as 'poor' and 'creepy' while dubbing it a 'definite privacy concern'.
But only Yandex, which claims to conduct more than 50 per cent of Russian searches on Android, produces images of the exact same person. MailOnline tested the image search facilities of Yandex, Bing, Google and specialist site TinEye by submitting a photo that was not available online. The photo that, prior to publication in this article, was not available online
As first spotted by blogger Nelson Minar, only Yandex then produced other images of the same person in its results. Other platforms returned similar looking photos of different people, thereby protecting the identity of the person in the original photograph.
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I've just found out now about this engine, and used it to search the image of a woman that I knew worked as a camwhore a long time ago. I couldn't believe it! It showed me photos of her 15 years ago doing her thing, now I understand why some folks see this thing as 'creepy' - it could reveal the hidden and inconvenient past of many people.
If you suspect that a girl you know might do some naughty things like camwhoring, porn, etc. - yandex is a great tool to use, due to its facial recognition feature.
A Russian search engine is being accused of providing an unregulated facial recognition system to members of the public — violating personal privacy. Experts have slammed the feature as 'poor' and 'creepy' while dubbing it a 'definite privacy concern'.
But only Yandex, which claims to conduct more than 50 per cent of Russian searches on Android, produces images of the exact same person. MailOnline tested the image search facilities of Yandex, Bing, Google and specialist site TinEye by submitting a photo that was not available online. The photo that, prior to publication in this article, was not available online
As first spotted by blogger Nelson Minar, only Yandex then produced other images of the same person in its results. Other platforms returned similar looking photos of different people, thereby protecting the identity of the person in the original photograph.
Privacy concerns over Russia's 'most popular search engine' Yandex
Russia-based Yandex, much like Google, Bing and other search engines, allows users to input an image and see similar results. It is suspected the firm is manipulating facial recognition technology.
I've just found out now about this engine, and used it to search the image of a woman that I knew worked as a camwhore a long time ago. I couldn't believe it! It showed me photos of her 15 years ago doing her thing, now I understand why some folks see this thing as 'creepy' - it could reveal the hidden and inconvenient past of many people.
If you suspect that a girl you know might do some naughty things like camwhoring, porn, etc. - yandex is a great tool to use, due to its facial recognition feature.
