Google has worked with Carnegie-Mellon University and then acquired the rights to the Pitt Patt (from Pittsburgh Pattern) facial recognition application.
Google is making it an opt-in for Google Plus (Google +) - to avoid privacy issues of facial recognition with approval.
One can only start to imagine what facial recognition can mean in a varieties of uses. With Google's Android phones (with built in cameras), you can be identified. With Google Wallet technology - this can be a verification that the person making the charge / payment is who he/she is (because of the facial recognition).
Other organizations are using facial recognition - like homeland security and other governmental groups. In class we have looked at a retail store using it.
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