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Clearview AI is now in public defenders' hands (2022)

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/technology/facial-recognition-clearview-ai.html

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pards2• 2 years ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20240514004005/https://www.nytim...

pards2• 2 years ago

Imagine all the nefarious use-cases of these "face search" sites.

There are several sites that are available to the public [0] for a fee that allow anyone to upload a photo and search for information related to the person in the picture. These sites often link to social media sites, personal blogs etc.

Individuals can opt-out, but it only de-indexes their data instead of removing it, and opting out requires uploading a clear headshot photo and a valid driver's license thereby contributing to the site's dataset and accuracy.

[0] https://pimeyes.com/en

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