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1oldguy1950 t1_j93kma4 wrote

As cool as this seems, sending face photos online using your login might have consequences.

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Grohw-Z t1_j93ynjd wrote

"free"

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deepkick120 t1_j93yy10 wrote

“If you aren’t paying for a product, you are the product.”

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SnowTinHat t1_j94vqfv wrote

Often you’re the product even if you’re paying, but definitely if you’re not paying.

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DrinkHumblyDumbly t1_j94yjpn wrote

The lack of information/usage policy on the site scares me even more. Either it’s a hobby project, which doesn’t inspire much confidence in their being responsible with data, or something more nefarious.

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datahoarderx2018 t1_j95bjjd wrote

True.

Although to be fair sometimes these start out as small hobby projects and then get more professional. I don’t think https://Palette.fm had a full privacy policy in the beginning but now the guy that runs it does the thing full time It seems (and was a Google engineer previously).

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DrinkHumblyDumbly t1_j962fbh wrote

Thank you for pointing that out.

I want to amend and clarify what I said. I didn’t mean that hobby projects necessarily mean they’re irresponsible, many things do start out as such and I didn’t mean to discourage that.

It’s more that hobby projects that don’t have basic information like source code, how to contact them for feedback, could be dangerous.

Esp now when the entry level to these is much lower, which is great but I think both hobbyists, developers and users should be encouraged to think more about what they putting out and/or utilizing.

For example, the training datasets could be labeled by outsourced severely underpaid/compensated workers from developing countries. When there are more hobby projects like this popping up and starting to turn into a business, it may encourage more of such controversial activities.

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datahoarderx2018 t1_j9899n0 wrote

I understand and share your cautioning. I literally reach out to these small projects devs and ask them about what & how they store it.

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JMzzr t1_j952nqe wrote

You don't need to login to use it

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Frexeptabel t1_j961fns wrote

It’s actually open source and you can see what’s happening!

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DrinkHumblyDumbly t1_j9636sz wrote

where did you find the source code? I’m on mobile and couldn’t find any buttons to click to lead to more documentation of the site/app

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Frexeptabel t1_j963cpi wrote

https://github.com/Nutlope/restorePhotos

It’s a actually a friend of mine, will Tell hin to add a link

EDIT: It’s actually NOT the source code. It’s highly influenced and probably forked off it. Wouldn’t recommend uploading images there because nobody knows what happens to them

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DrinkHumblyDumbly t1_j964eo4 wrote

Thanks! Why are there 2 versions of this site tho?

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Frexeptabel t1_j965red wrote

Damn, I just noticed that this is probably a rip-off. Will have a look at it

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DrinkHumblyDumbly t1_j96jexn wrote

Yeah it seems very influential. But do u know whether there’s a privacy notice somewhere of how data are handled? I scrolled to the end of your friend’s site and skimmed through the repo/issue but couldn’t find it.

Plus, an issue was raised about license and I didn’t see any. Without a proper license and sufficiently clear usage/restrictions, these knock off sites might happen more often without anyone to take responsibility if something bad happens.

On a side note, thanks to this now I’m aware of Replicate to deploy ML tools.

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jonlang t1_j9t0ebx wrote

Would the friend of yours be willing to have some sort of contact information on the page? There’s no way to tell who’s behind it today. Also I‘d have some improvement ideas, like leaving metadata intact or not converting my JPG to a bloated PNG…

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