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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google denies imminent launch of facial recognition
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Thu Mar 31 17:51:58 2011
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Google denies imminent launch of facial recognition app
Contrary to the impression given in a CNN story today
( http://j.mp/gMvXZJ ), Google informs me that there has been no change
in the status of their work regarding facial recognition for Google
Goggles, as far as any imminent product launch would be concerned.
Specifically:
"As we've said for more than a year, we will not add facial recognition to
Goggles unless we have strong privacy protections in place. We're still
working on them. We have nothing to announce at this time."
The CNN piece does seem to imply some sort of specific launch, but it
appears that the reporter was briefed essentially on the same status
quo that has been present for quite some time.
Clearly, Google understands the extremely sensitive issues
involved in this technology area.
--Lauren--
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