Helping Faceless

We combat child trafficking using data + face-recording

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We combat child trafficking using data + face-recording

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Thanks @eriktorenberg @jaceperry @staydecent @heydjeff @ithinklots @milanthakor @specx @jipy9 @erictwillis @Percival @moniquewoodard @sievakozinsky @hueypriest for upvoting . if you have any queries please feel free to ping me at community-manager@helpingfaceles... or at facebook at Fb: https://www.facebook.com/helping...

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12yr ago

Ghosted.boo

Sorry disregard this question. I see the app is live now.

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12yr ago

Maker

@Percival :) . We are continuously iterating over our technology . Our biggest roadblock was low face recognition accuracy and right now we are working with Kairos API to fix that. I should probably mention, we have been able to save 3 children by now. I know its a small number but we aim to scale the operations next few months, which should be easy considering we operate like a very lean startup.

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12yr ago

Ghosted.boo

Do you have any questions for me?

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12yr ago

Maker

@Percival " We know we are uniquely placed product, and its has been a challenge to figure out a viable business model around it. Our idea is to create a SAAS business model for organization working in anti-trafficking (250+) to share data 'safely' and use our face-recognition/child-tracking pipeline. In your viewpoint does it sounds like a viable plan? "

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12yr ago

Ghosted.boo

@shashank_singh I think the challenge with those organizations is they might not have much budget and potentially move verrrrrry slow. I think it's worth pursuing but in parallel I would also think about how you can get some community behind this to raise $$$. Charity Water is probably the best example of this. I would also wonder how microtransactions can exist in this app. Maybe that's a virtual currency to incentivize users and create liquidity for you.

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12yr ago

Maker

@Percival Thanks , we agree . Not sure about crowdsourcing because that would be one-shot thing? But lately, we have been toying with an concept of virtual currency called "karma" and were thinking of tying up with social networks/ e-commerce portal to back it up. Sort of like "commodity virtual currency". Moreover our tie-up with Kairos API ( http://www.kairos.com/ ) , provides us unique opportunity to help them make their face-recongiton even better through human feedback.

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12yr ago

Ghosted.boo

@shashank_singh Yes not crowdsourcing but an ongoing way for people to contribute. Perhaps subscription based or in-app purchases. For virtual currency tools check out Koinify or CounterParty.

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12yr ago

Maker

Thanks @Percival Checking it out. This discussion has really a correct direction to think into. Would it be okay if we can run our ideas by you ?

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