FindFace

FindFace is a website that uses facial recognition algorithms to assign images uploaded to the profile images of vk.com users and thus identify the people.

FindFace is a product of NTech Lab Ltd, and was created by Alexander Kabakov and Artem Kukharenko. In the University of Washington's MegaFace competition, FindFace's algorithm was able to correctly match 73% of a million faces. According to the security company Kaspersky , the software recognizes nine out of ten people in good quality photos.

FindFace gained notoriety in 2016 for users using the service in a systematic way to reveal and publish the identities of porn actresses and suspected prostitutes . Women who offered sexual services on the Russian website Intimcity.ru were also affected. A year later, participants in a demonstration by Russian oppositionist Alexej Navalny were identified and denounced using the app .

Web links

• Find Face: Scary app for face recognition , computer picture
• Your face cannot be exchanged , Kaspersky Lab

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Washington Post : Russia's new FindFace app identifies strangers in a crowd with 70 percent accuracy .
2. ↑ Hype about the FindFace app . The mirror .
3. ^ Ars Technica : Facial recognition service becomes a weapon against Russian porn actresses .
4. ↑ How Russia Identifies Protesters . , Süddeutsche Zeitung .