one public photo
  • Face fingerprint A code unique to you
  • Estimated age 24 – 32
  • Perceived gender Male
  • Perceived ethnicity Guessed — often wrong
  • Expression Neutral
  • Glasses, facial hair Detected
  • Where it was taken Outdoors, daytime, landmark visible
  • Hidden photo data Device, date, sometimes GPS

Most of these are guesses, and plenty are wrong. They still get bought, stored and acted on — and the fingerprint at the top never changes.

What a machine guesses about you

From one photo, software will estimate your age, gender, mood and background — and advertisers and background-check services buy exactly this. These are only guesses, and they are often wrong, but they still get used.

First photo

Second photo

We ask four different face-recognition systems and show you how many agree.

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