Google Street View blurs face of Colonel Sanders at every British KFC

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

Sunday reading...

"....
But privacy campaigners claim a number of people are still identifiable through the mapping service and have complained 
to the data protection watchdog.

Google says it is a "false positive" and shows how effective its facial recognition technology is.

A spokesman said: "It is unfortunate that Colonel Sanders' face has been blurred, but at the same time shows just how 
good our facial recognition technology is.
..."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5356031/Google-Street-View-blurs-face-of-Colonel-Sanders-at-every-KFC.html

Juha-Matti
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