Google Says Facial Recognition is Creepy

Schmidt says don't expect a database

Don’t expect Google to recognize you. Eric Schmidt, the company’s executive chairman, said Google will not build a database of users’ individual faces, even though the technology is available to make it possible.

At the company’s Big Tent conference on internet privacy, Schmidt said the accuracy of facial recognition technology and its ensuing implications are "creepy". Though he voiced his opposition to any sort of database that would utilize the evolving technology, he also warned against reactionary legislative and regulatory measures that might stifle future innovation.

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