Google chairman thinks that the idea of database based on facial recognition technology is crossing a red line on privacy
Google's chairman (who was until recently its CEO) Eric Schmidt spoke against the idea of a private database of people identified by their features, and said that Google did not build one. In a speech at a conference about online privacy Schmidt said the high speed of technology development in is what surprised him most during his long career as a scientist computers, so accurate recognition capabilities are "very worrisome." According to Schmidt, the creation of service based on a database of face recognition is not a logical step for Google and such cross the privacy line. However, he believes the regulators do not object to such services, so to ensure that non-denial of innovation. "People with good intentions in government rules sometimes write quite broad, and should be careful Achsmbcaym such regulation. There is danger of impact and results do not mean them," he said. Despite what Schmidt, Google itself has been using facial recognition technology today - such as software and its photo-sharing site Picasa, which can identify faces in pictures and link them to people. Photo software is also Apple's iPhoto could tag photos of people face. Facebook social network recognizes faces include images of people, but do not know to identify who it is - something that can bypass by third-party Facebook applications such as that of face.com, who knows a friend there face. 
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