Everybody Is A Sex Offender According To CreepShield

NY TIMES - Apr 25 - CreepShield claims to make online dating safer. Users can enter a link to an image into a search field on its site, which then uses facial identification technology to compare the face in the photo against its database of 475K registered sex offenders. The site returns results showing the photos and names of offenders even when they are obviously far from a match. NY Times reporter used a photo of a public person with a clean record and CreepShield displayed a list of possible matches, starting with a photo of a Hispanic woman. They had one thing in common: both had rimless eyeglasses.

by Natasha Singer
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Comments

[El. Canon]

I think the times reporter got it wrong. Facial Recognition is pretty precise but operates in a way people are not used to. CreepShield doesn't say everyone is a sex offender.

for the 1st time we have something that doesn't judge someone based on sex, race or color. (hear that donald sterling). CreepShield compares facial features.

As long as you have a face, there will be similarities. If there was no percentage match to another face CreepShield would be wrong. But if both images have lets say a mouth for comparision, CreepShield is telling you the liklielood they are the same.

If you get a score around 50% match, it is saying you are basically human. I think the software works great and so far haven't found a single sex offender that I know. Get it right reporters!

[Todd]

sounds like it does not work then.