Facial Recognition's Getting Serious

[Sevrin]

Facial Recognition Service Becomes a Weapon Against Russian Porn Actresses

Hoping to raise concerns about the potential misuses of FindFace, Tsvetkov seems to have inspired a particularly nasty effort to identify and harass Russian women who appear in pornography. On April 9, three days after the media reported on Tsvetkov’s art project, users of the Russian imageboard “Dvach” (2chan) launched a campaign to deanonymize actresses who appear in pornography. After identifying these women with FindFace, Dvach users shared archived copies of their Vkontakte pages, and spammed the women’s families and friends with messages informing them about the discovery. The effort also targeted women registered on the website “Intimcity,” which markets prostitution services.

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[mynameisbob84]

People are cunts.

 

[mutantdonut]

I'm gonna assume these women partake in legal porn (as a legitimate business) in Russia.
I'm gonna assume these women are good citizens by nature like any other good citizens; not morally corrupt in any way
I'm gonna assume these women are just trying to make some money or pursue something they're interested in, hence porn

So it drives me bonkers when someone goes out of their way to villainize others who are trying to live their lives in peace.

 

[justjoinedtopost]

I'm gonna assume these women partake in legal porn (as a legitimate business) in Russia.
I'm gonna assume these women are good citizens by nature like any other good citizens; not morally corrupt in any way
I'm gonna assume these women are just trying to make some money or pursue something they're interested in, hence porn

So it drives me bonkers when someone goes out of their way to villainize others who are trying to live their lives in peace.

I'm gonna assume the male performers will not be outed.

 

[mutantdonut]

I'm gonna assume the male performers will not be outed.

It's funny you mention that. A snippet of the article stood out to me so i'll copy-paste here...

The Internet users behind the doxing campaign say their motivation is moral outrage, claiming that women in the sex industry are “corrupt and deceptive.” (Tellingly, Dvach users also complained that such women typically ignore the kind of men who make up Dvach’s audience.)

That made me think of the Elliot Roger incident: the guy who started a personal vendetta against the female population for not "giving him a chance." It makes me suspect that this shaming campaign has a similar, if not, the same vendetta-against-women motive, although it's merely speculation from me.

 

[Bocefish]

It's a double-edged sword for sure... one that can be used for good or evil.

 

[DFT]

Speaking of double-edged swords http://www.techworld.com/security/o...er-now-worlds-best-free-privacy-tool-3639017/

Opera browser is introducing free VPN - tried it out, always connected through Utah when I was starting from a US IP. So the state block still works for both cam models there, for now. FYI