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Harvard student creates FaceTag facial recognition app raising privacy concerns
Harvard student Yuen Ler Chow created FaceTag, a facial recognition app that allows users to scan fellow students' faces to obtain their names and contact information. The app has raised privacy and ethical concerns among students and faculty, though Chow has implemented a permission feature to address some issues. No actual harm has been reported.
- Organisation involved
- Yuen Ler Chow
- Product, system or model
- FaceTag
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