Terrorist or pedophile? This start-up says it can out secrets by analyzing faces

“Our faces may reveal a lot more about us than we expect. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)
An Israeli start-up says it can take one look at a person’s face and realize character traits that are undetectable to the human eye.

Faception said it’s already signed a contract with a homeland security agency to help identify terrorists. The company said its technology also can be used to identify everything from great poker players to extroverts, pedophiles, geniuses and white collar-criminals.

“We understand the human much better than other humans understand each other,” said Faception chief executive Shai Gilboa. “Our personality is determined by our DNA and reflected in our face. It’s a kind of signal.””

Terrorist or pedophile? This start-up says it can out secrets by analyzing faces
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