Stalker-friendly app, NameTag, uses facial recognition to look you up online


  • TECH
  • Monday, 13 Jan 2014

TOO MUCH INFORMATION: The NameTag app links your face to a single, unified online presence that includes your contact information, social media profiles, interests, hobbies and passions and anything else you want to share with the world.

The makers of a new app, "NameTag," say that their facial-recognition software is actually supposed to make the world a much more connected place, but given that the app can spot a face and wirelessly match it up to social media profiles, all without giving people the option to opt out, let's go with stalker-friendly.

According to the app's developer, FacialNetwork.com:

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