![]() PimEyes lets users see a limited number of small, somewhat pixelated search results at no cost, or you can pay a monthly fee, which starts at $29.99, for more extensive search results and features (such as to click through to see full-size images on the websites where PimEyes found them and to set up alerts for when PimEyes finds new pictures of faces online that its software believes match an uploaded face). “Think of any reason a person would want to conduct an identification - positive and negative - and that’s what this tool makes possible.” “Face recognition at its foundation is a tool of identification,” Garvie told CNN Business. It’s precisely this ease of access that concerns Clare Garvie, a senior associate at Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology, who has extensively researched police use of facial-recognition technology. “Using the latest technologies, artificial intelligence and machine learning, we help you find your pictures on the Internet and defend yourself from scammers, identity thieves, or people who use your image illegally,” the website declares. At the same time, it doesn’t explicitly identify anyone by name, but as CNN Business discovered by using the site, that information may be just clicks away from images PimEyes pulls up. This is all possible through PimEyes: Though the website instructs users to search for themselves, it doesn’t stop them from uploading photos of anyone. Imagine a potential employer digging into your past, an abusive ex tracking you, or a random stranger snapping a photo of you in public and then finding you online. PimEyes’ decision to make facial-recognition software available to the general public crosses a line that technology companies are typically unwilling to traverse, and opens up endless possibilities for how it can be used and abused. It’s a stark contrast from Clearview AI, which became well-known for building its enormous stash of faces with images of people from social networks and limits its use to law enforcement (Clearview has said it has hundreds of such customers). PimEyes is open to anyone with internet access. You might recognize all of them, or be surprised (or, perhaps, even horrified) by some these images may include anything from wedding or vacation snapshots to pornographic images. ![]() If you upload a picture of your face to PimEyes’ website, it will immediately show you any pictures of yourself that the company has found around the internet. You probably haven’t seen PimEyes, a mysterious facial-recognition search engine, but it may have spotted you. ![]()
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