Thursday, February 19, 2009

Q: What's the secret ingredient in Google Maps' face-blurring technology?

A: Google Maps' ever-spreading "Street view" feature has added a technology for automatically blurring out the faces of the people it photographs walking out of porn shops or whatever. It works really well -- sometimes too well:


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If I were selling that slop, I'd want my face blurred too.

please comment. it makes me look popular.