Picturephoning gives a heads-up on “Recognizr” (you know it’s cutting-edge when they leave out the “e”), an iPhone app that will supposedly recognize faces seen by the camera. Here’s the promo video:
It’s a prototype from the Swedish group The Astonishing Tribe. Apparently, a photo taken in Recognizr (sigh) gets compared to pictures in various social networking platforms, including Flickr (see? no “e”!!!!), Facebook, and the like.
Picturephoning links to a hysterical Daily Mail article, which plays up the STALKRS WILL STEAL UR VIRTUE angle, not really looking at the more interesting — and potentially more troubling — aspects. Popular Science is a little more sober, but ultimately not hugely more informative.
Until I see something more than just the one video, I’m going to call this one Plausible, but not at all difficult to hoax. Anybody know better?