![]() The case is reminiscent of the scandal surrounding the US start-up firm Clearview AI - the difference being that PimEyes offers its biometric search not only to public authorities, but to everybody. But the search engine can also expose sex workers, make so-called revenge porn more easily accessible or be used by the police to subsequently identify participants in a protest. In June the BBC and other media reported that PimEyes could be abused by stalkers. ![]() Whoever shows their face in public can be recognised whether at a demonstration, in front of the polling station or on the night bus, as if we had our name tattooed on our forehead. It does however find matching faces, and in many cases the shown websites can be used to find out names, professions and much more. The search engine does not directly provide the name of a person you are looking for. A snapshot may be enough to identify a stranger using PimEyes. ![]() Our investigation shows: PimEyes is a broad attack on anonymity and it is possibly illegal. Dylan was recognized even though, unlike today, he did not even have a beard. When Dylan tests the search engine with his profile picture, it compares it with the database and delivers matching faces as a result, showing a preview picture and the domain name, where the picture was found. ![]() PimEyes analyses masses of faces on the Internet for individual characteristics and stores the biometric data. All they have to do is upload his profile picture from the German networking platform Xing, free of charge and without registration. But with PimEyes, a reverse search engine for faces, everyone can find this old party photo of Dylan. Dylan wants to keep his private and professional life separate: During the day he works as a banker in Frankfurt am Main. Dylan had already forgotten about it - until today. Eight years ago a party photographer uploaded this snapshot on the Internet. Behind them, glasses glisten on the shelves of a bar. ![]() Wir haben diesen Artikel auch auf Deutsch veröffentlicht.ĭylan smiles into the camera, arm in arm with the other guests at a LGBT party on a boat. ![]()
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