How Facial Recognition Works
SnapdMe uses facial recognition to match your selfie against faces in the event photo gallery. Here's what happens under the hood.
The matching process
- Selfie capture — you take a selfie through your browser.
- Feature extraction — SnapdMe extracts a numerical representation of your face (a "facial signature"). This is not a stored image — it is a set of measurements.
- Gallery scan — your facial signature is compared against the signatures of every face detected in the event photos.
- Results — photos where your face is detected above a confidence threshold are shown to you.
Accuracy
Facial recognition works best when:
- The selfie is taken in good lighting.
- Your face is unobstructed (no heavy glasses, hats, or masks).
- The event photos are reasonably clear (blurry or heavily cropped faces may not match).
If you believe a photo of you is missing, try retaking your selfie in better light, or browse the full gallery manually.
Privacy and data
- Your selfie is processed in real time and not stored after matching is complete.
- Facial signatures extracted from event photos are deleted when the event is archived or deleted by the organizer.
- SnapdMe does not use your facial data for any purpose other than finding your event photos.