Show HN: A People Search Engine with Face Recognition • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: A People Search Engine with Face Recognition

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Post by connor11528 » Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 9:32 PM UTC

how are you harvesting all this data?

Re: Show HN: A People Search Engine with Face Recognition

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Post by vignesh_warar » Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 9:34 PM UTC

connor11528 wrote: post #21

how are you harvesting all this data?

It's just the Bing search API under the hood. The process is: Query -> Crawl -> Categorize profiles.

Re: Show HN: A People Search Engine with Face Recognition

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 10:04 PM UTC

josefritzishere wrote: post #17

This product is moderately terrifying. I hope it's illegal to be honest.

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Re: Show HN: A People Search Engine with Face Recognition

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Post by knxnts » Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 10:08 PM UTC

josefritzishere wrote: post #18

mathgeek wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should definitely find out if you are breaking any laws.

100% this is illegal in Illinois. They have specific biometric data protections. Probably also a crime elsewhere.

yes. and there will be more state laws in the future. seems like it would raise some FCRA concerns to me.

Re: Show HN: A People Search Engine with Face Recognition

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Post by dankwizard » Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 10:35 PM UTC

Oh man if this gets popular - you're gone. Open and shut case.

Re: Show HN: A People Search Engine with Face Recognition

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Post by popalchemist » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 12:43 AM UTC

Though novel, this is pretty unethical.

Re: Show HN: A People Search Engine with Face Recognition

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Post by georgehill » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 1:34 AM UTC

Pretty solid product but you definitely need to check your face recognition feature, whether it complies with laws.

Re: Show HN: A People Search Engine with Face Recognition

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Post by pickledoyster » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 9:55 AM UTC

rashidae wrote: post #10

This is such a cool angle for lead gen. Just the other day, I saw some kids using those Ray-Ban/Meta glasses through Instagram Live feeds to grab publicly available data from people almost in real time. It blew my mind. Sure, this kind of tech will probably go through a lot of scrutiny and for good reason, but whether it’s a consumer product or a custom internal tool, it’s happening. Excited to see where this goes.

I was hoping to find an /s at the end.

Re: Show HN: A People Search Engine with Face Recognition

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Post by pogue » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 10:34 AM UTC

I tried the first link in the demo & it immediately just said I was out of credits. Brave Browser on Android.

Re: Show HN: A People Search Engine with Face Recognition

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Post by vignesh_warar » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 10:40 AM UTC

Thank you for the feedback, everyone.

I am temporarily pausing and making sure I am within legal limits. If not, I will completely remove face recognition and try other routes to solve the problem.

Vignesh