Is it possible?

[Fish181]

I thought of a great idea for an app. This idea obviously isn't something you could make in a day, maybe not even within a year.

 

My idea is to make an app where you could snap a picture of someone's face, then you can use a facial recognition algorithm to find that person's twitter/facebook etc. 

 

 

I personally think that it is possible, but you wouldn't be able to use that person's profile picture on their facebook/twitter. The website, or the app's website, would have to create a database of faceshots of the individual that is uploaded by them that would only be used for locating their social media.

 

What are your thoughts?

[KevinM1]

I think that such an app is fraught with privacy and ethical concerns. Many Facebook and Twitter users use pictures of their children as their avatar, So now you just gave pedophiles a tool to scout victims, where they could potentially (and likely) learn where the child lives, what school they go to, etc. through their parents' social media accounts. To say nothing of other forms of more mundane stalking and harassment.

[Psycho]

Possible, yes. Practical, probably not. When in Facebook, it will occasionally "guess" who is in a photo because people have already tagged that person in a great many other photos. Your app would not be able to tap into the Facebook database without their direct approval - which they would not be willing to do without a great deal of money. But, you state " . . . would have to create a database of Faceshots of the individual that is uploaded by them that would only be used for locating their social media" So, your idea is to have people upload pictures to this new app - only for the purpose of locating their social media pages? If I have pictures of someone chances are I'm already friends with them on Facebook. You'll have to provide more value to users to upload pictures to your app.

 

I'm just not seeing the value here.