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[tdawnaz]

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By Bob Sullivan...MSNBC

Imagine being able to sit  down in a bar, snap a few photos of people and quickly learn who they  are, who their friends are, where they live, what kind of music they  like ... even predict their Social Security number.

Now,  imagine you could visit one of those anonymous online dating sites and  quickly identify nearly every person there, just from their photos,  despite efforts to keep their online romance search a secret.

Such  technology is so creepy that it was developed, and withheld, by  Google — the one initiative that Google deemed too dangerous to release  to the world, according to former CEO Eric Schmidt.

Too late, says Carnegie Mellon University researcher Alessandro Acquisti.

"That  genie is already out of the bottle," he said Thursday, shortly before a  presentation at the annual Las Vegas Black Hat hackers' convention  that's sure to trouble online daters, bar hoppers and anyone who ever  walks down the street.

Using off-the-shelf facial recognition  software...

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[tommie gorman]

First off some folks go to dating sites actually as a convo shop/chat room. They like to play single. It in no way is a way to convict said spouse. But it would certainly raise suspiscion like they do on that "Cheaters" show. Just entering a door does not convict a person. Or irritate the other half. Being on a singles site is not an admission of guilt.

But I could certainly see a bit of tension arrising from it.    

Very intersting article though.    But definately full of assumptions.