[AusNOG] Google creepier than Conroy?

[Stuart Corner]

You might be interested in this

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&sid=a06V8k05opGs

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"[NEC's]"PanelDirector: Visual Effect Measurement Solution" uses face recognition technologies to automatically collect and analyze visitor information that must be manually entered and processed when using conventional systems.

PanelDirector first selects a person's image from a photo taken with the system's camera. The gender and age range of the person viewing the system's digital signage content are then estimated, in addition to their distance from the display and amount of time they appear to express interest in the signage."

Just add Google's software and......


On 30 May 2010, at 14:03, Bevan Slattery wrote:

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> Phil,
> 
>>> The data or data fragments that Google may have collected was 
>> unintentional - they clearly don't need it to do geo-location 
>> - and it would be difficult to associate it with a particular 
>> individual or business - like taking a photo in a public place.
> 
> First, grabbing such information isn't so they can use it to create a
> geo-reference.  They capture it so they can attach it to a
> geo-reference.  Having someone's MAC address or IP address along with
> the 'photo' taken at that time, along with the position of the car,
> which is then cross referenced to the GNAF database is what is going on
> here.  So they will know that at any physical address where a photo is
> captured, so too is the IP address, MAC address and whatever other
> information was transmitted.  Handy to know that when you log-in to your
> Gmail account or any of the millions of sites that run ad-words.
> 
> If you think a photo is difficult to associate with a person or business
> then you clearly have no idea of the vast amount of information that
> organisations such as Google already have and are continually
> collecting, geo-referencing and cross-referencing.  I was recently told
> by a Google employee about this amazing piece of technology that can now
> scan photo's of people, things or places taken from their phones,
> facebook images etc. and recognise them/it against a massive image
> library.  In particular it was mentioned that he took a photo of a
> reasonably popular person and the software called to the library and
> pushed up the persons Wikipedia entry.
> 
> Think about it.
> 
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