Israeli startup and facial recognition company Faception says a homeland security agency has hired it to help discover terrorists, The Washington Post reports. The company says its technology is so precise it can identify “great poker players to extroverts, pedophiles, geniuses and white collar-criminals,” just from a face scan. The tech is not without critics. “Can I predict that you’re an ax murderer by looking at your face and therefore should I arrest you?” said the University of Washington’s Pedro Domingos. “You can see how this would be controversial.” Meanwhile, Motherboard reports that advertising company Mattersight Corporation will start using publicly available facial data from avenues like YouTube and Vine to gather personality profiles. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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