Pimeyes is technically different from Clearview because it does not store faces in a database, but instead searches the internet for faces when a user uploads a picture, according to privacy experts. The platform is also much more open; anyone can search the site for free, although to see the links where photos are found, they have to pay a monthly fee starting at $36.
The company’s CEO, a professor named Giorgi Gobronidze, also stresses that unlike Clearview, Pimeyes does not crawl social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, or VKontakte (VK). “The fact that theoretically we can crawl social media does not mean that we should,” says Gobronidze, who bought
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