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A Germany-based Chinese programmer said he and some friends have identified 100k porn actresses from around the world, cross-referencing faces in porn videos with social media profile pictures. The goal is to help others check whether their girlfriends ever acted in those films.

The side project took them half a year. 100+ terabytes of video data from 1024, 91, sex8, PornHub, and xvideos were compared against profile pictures from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Weibo, and others.

Of the 1,000 or so comments, most express excitement about the service. The most up-voted comment asks if the OP plans on identifying the men in porn videos. "A true blessing for us credulous programmers. When can we use it?" another read.

The OP said for legal reasons, he may have to "anonymize the data" before letting people query the database. He also said he's open to the idea of doing a version for male porn stars.

The OP was asked whether he knew what sort of legal jeopardy he could be in. He said everything he did was legal because 1) he hasn't shared any data, 2) he hasn't opened up the database to outside queries, and 3) sex work is legal in Germany, where he's based.