Google introduced Google Goggles which is an image recognition search for mobile phones which allows the users to capture anything like a building, landmark or monument from their mobile phone camera and then they can get info about that photo by searching using GOOGLE GOGGLES. A user does not need to type or speak to start the search. It's as easy as opening the app, taking a photo and then waiting for the search results.
When you capture a photo it also includes background like streets, signboards, people etc. and when you search for that image Google may break the photo into all those different background pieces and then search for each piece including facial recognition searches.
After the search has matched it will search the applications like social networking applications, calendar applications, in order to create identities list included in the photo. It also mentions that if the photo is tagged that photo can be used for the future identification. In order to ensure privacy Google send a request after a person has identified weather the image can be search result for other searches within the person’s social network.
Governments and the law enforcement Agencies are already identifying people based upon real names and photos posted in social media. This service by Google has both the positive and the negative aspect, at one side you can identify criminals and terrorists using this technique with the surveillance cameras in case of any accident but on the other hand you have to compromise privacy a bit.
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