Comment by sandworm101

Years ago I read about a Russian product based on facial recognition. Their pitch was that you could take a picture of an attractive stranger, send them the picture, and for 100$ they would send you all of her information in a matter of minutes so that you could strike up a conversation. Of course this sound really creepy, but why? The information is public. Is it the amount of money? Police and governments want this sort of tool. We don't bat an eye when a cop uses such tools to pull all of your license/insurance information during a traffic stop. Is it more creepy or less creepy if such tools are also made available to the public?