A facial recognition company wants to help with contact tracing. A senator has questions.

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Clearview AI relies on images and data taken from social media accounts without users' explicit permission to put names to even low-resolution photos.

Clearview AI relies on images and data taken from social media accounts without users' explicit permission to put names to even low-resolution photos. The company operated in relative secrecy for a year and has since signed up more than 2,200 government and law enforcement clients around the world, Ton-That said.and detailed its questionable data practices.

The company's investors include Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist and Facebook board member who spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention, whose investment portfolio includes the technology and surveillance companies Anduril and Palantir, both of whom do work for federal agencies.

Ton-That said that discussions with state and federal authorities are preliminary but that the existing network of surveillance cameras in public and private establishments already provide Clearview AI what the company needs for facial recognition. Ton-That said it would be up to the agencies that use the technology to get appropriate consent for its use.

 

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Why bother when people are not wearing masks, can’t wait to reopen, and the press constantly reporting on herd immunity that isn’t guaranteed?

Everyone seems less upset about the dystopian-corporate-surveillance-state than I thought they would be.

Terrifying.

President Trump’s job approval soared 6 points in the last two weeks, according to the latest Gallup poll.

Would you sue Clearview AI now?

Que in Anglais?

And I'm sure there's no way this could be used for nefarious purposes ...

Oh yeah, this is the dodgy company that’s been selling our private information for years now, and they have no accountability.

I bet

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