Thanks Nivard, I find the technology fascinating and a little worrying, given the applications available in the "real world". I believe the authorities have used this technology for identifying persons in the G20 debacle last year here in Toronto, Canada. So I worry about privacy issues going forward. Will we all have to hide our faces when we go in public or will they also find a way to track our body movement or "body language" as well? The use of Technology is only as good as the hands it lands in !!! Regards, Kevin. On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Kevin > > I confess its not of primary concern to me so have not really studied its function to any depth > however I found it uncannily accurate in matching most photo's of the same person, young and old > > If it doesn't get the right person it usually matches a sibling or a parent I found > > Exactly how accurate it could be I can't say but found it relatively reliable with my photo's > > Of course it did throw up a few oddities but that is to be expected > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > Hi Nivard, > > > > I don't use Picasa for my photos, opting to use Adobe Lightroom and > > Adobe Photoshop. > > > > In your experience, how does the Face Recognition in Picasa handle the > > aging of a person?  Does the recognition get steadily worse or does it > > update its database as time goes on ? > > > > Regards, > > Kevin. > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- -------- K. Ross [email protected]

Hi Kevin Although I have reservations about the security of such data, the way I look at this is that the only ones who should have something to worry about are the guilty Of course our movements (or at least a great many of our movements) can already be traced via mobile phone signal and computer / smart phone usage Is big brother watching us? Quite likely and probably has been for much longer than we think but that works both ways and may prove a person was not in a certain place If the technology of facial recognition helps put offenders behind bars all to the good, and the knock on advances in that technology benefits some researchers to identify great uncle Fred so much the better What next I wonder, cloning great great grandmother ? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Thanks Nivard, > > I find the technology fascinating and a little worrying, given the > applications available in the "real world". I believe the authorities > have used this technology for identifying persons in the G20 debacle > last year here in Toronto, Canada. So I worry about privacy issues > going forward. Will we all have to hide our faces when we go in > public or will they also find a way to track our body movement or > "body language" as well? The use of Technology is only as good as the > hands it lands in !!! > > Regards, > Kevin.