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by tombrossman 1498 days ago
I believe this was called "FindFace" it became a mobile app and I remember reading this article about it at the time: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/14/russian-photog...
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That's the one. Setup by former intelligence operators iirc.

There is a flip side to this in places like Russia. If you are at a party and want to talk to someone, you might want to lookup whether she is the wife/girlfriend of the local crime boss/politician/general first.