Imagine, you walk in the street, you take a picture of someone like that because it seems interesting and nice, and you then have access to various information concerning: name, email, social networks frequented … On the future work that the Swedish company that TAT has developed a facial recognition application called “Recognizr. Fortunately, it is voluntary. We must adhere to the application by sending his photo and information that you want to attach (name, address, email, Facebook profiles, Twitter …). Then, any other person with this application may, with the camera built into the phone, you recognize and have access to your information and thus knows a lot about you. How does it work you ask? You know perhaps the principle of “augmented reality”, which superimposes virtual and real images to change our visual perception of things. And indeed, the concept of “identity plus”: superimposition of a physical identity and a digital identity to make the connection between the two. To be a little more clear from a picture (physical identity), “Recognize” created a 3D model and fetch the information he found in a database on the Internet (digital ID).
Sure, the team of developers must be very brooms, but have they really thought about the future of this technology and abuses that may arise? For possible applications seem endless whether good or bad. The head of linnet who always forget the names of his buddies can find them via their phone contacts. But for those, especially our teens, not too the notion of protecting privacy on the Internet, they need more than ever to pay attention to the mentally deranged. And Big Brother does he not see a new way to monitor you? And what prevents my neighbor, who can not see me or my ex, with whom I am sorry to add my photo and my profile (address, phone and more …). Time will tell all … In any case, the application is still at the prototype stage and is not available yet.
