1
Point
Take a photo, pick one from your gallery, hand over a video, or open the live camera. Whatever you happen to have.
How it works
Point. Scan. Discover.
Faciey has two halves that need each other: people who add their face so they can be found, and people who scan a face to find them. Here is exactly what happens on both sides.
- Photo, video or live camera
- Opt-in only
- Both sides are told
Finding someone
Three steps, about two seconds
2
Scan
Every face is detected, turned into a faceprint and compared against people who chose to be findable. Each match comes back with how close it was.
3
Discover
Name, verified badge, bio and every social handle they publish — in one card, in their order.
Being found
The half that makes the other half work.
Nobody can be found who did not put themselves there. Adding your face is a minute of work, once, and it is what turns every photo of you into a route back to your accounts.
- Verify your face. Four poses, about twenty seconds. A photo of a photo will not pass.
- Add your links. Instagram, TikTok, your shop, your booking page — everything behind one face.
- Switch discoverability on. Off by default. Off again in one tap, whenever you want.
Under the hood
What actually happens to a face
A scan does not store your photograph and compare pictures. Each detected face is converted into a faceprint — a list of numbers describing the geometry of that face — and it is those numbers that get compared. Two photos of the same person taken years apart produce similar numbers; two different people do not.
A match is therefore a similarity score, not a certainty, which is why every result shows you how close it was rather than pretending to be sure. On a web scan the faceprint is held for an hour so the result page keeps working, and then deleted. The photo you uploaded is not kept at all.
What it will never do
- Search the open internet, or any database Faciey did not build from sign-ups
- Return a person who has not switched discoverability on
- Let a paid plan see past someone's decision to hide
- Keep a faceprint after the person deletes it
All four ways in
Whichever one you have to hand
A photo
Camera or gallery, including screenshots and group shots.
Photo scanA video
Trim to the seconds that matter and get the distinct faces out.
Video scanA live camera
Point it at a room and cards surface as people come into frame.
Live scanA browser
The same match, with nothing installed and no account.
Web scannerHow Faciey works, answered
How does Faciey find someone from a photo?
It detects every face in the image, converts each one into a faceprint, and compares those against the faceprints of people who signed up and switched discoverability on. Matches come back with a similarity score and the profile behind the face.
How long does a scan take?
About two seconds for a photo. A video takes roughly twelve seconds for a ten-second range, because only the part you trimmed to is read.
Does the person know I scanned them?
Yes. Anyone whose face matches is told that their face appeared on a scan, with how close the match was and when it happened.
Can Faciey identify a stranger who never signed up?
No. There is no scraped database. If the person is not on Faciey, the face comes back unmatched — and you can ask to be told the day they join.
What happens to the photo I scan?
It is used for the scan and not kept. On the web the resulting faceprint is held for an hour so your result page keeps working, then deleted.
Both halves are free to start.
Scan a face on the web right now, or take a minute and become one of the faces that can be found.