[mcb3k]

Google currently has policies against doing any kind of cross-referencing with audio or visual data, which means that face recognition is a no go currently [1], even though they're in a good place to provide it because of a) the large repositories of photos on Google+ and b) their acquisition of PittPatt (a facial recognition company) in 2011. They're holding off because of the privacy concerns.

Honestly, I'm glad they're concerned about privacy, and hope that it stays that way. I'm not sure that the privacy concerns will ever go away, and worry that there may be a time when leaving you house could lead to being harassed by random strangers because of something written on an online profile.

[1]https://plus.google.com/111626127367496192147/posts/fAe5vo4Z...