![]() This includes gathering images from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Venmo, and other social media applications. The software program, called Clearview AI (for artificial intelligence) aims to help police track down criminals using its own facial recognition algorithm and a massive database of photos it collects from social media.Ĭlearview uses a process called data scraping to scour the internet for what it states are “public” photos to stockpile its database. This is one reason the health science major has concerns about a new facial recognition program gaining popularity among U.S. This should be criminal, but it's business as usual for the kleptocrats.When University of Miami junior Hailie Berman needs to use her phone, she simply holds it in front of her face and the device recognizes her and unlocks its contents.īut Berman knows the technology is imperfect: her younger sister can open her phone as well. "you" never gave any consent and specifically choose not to join, but they know everything about you. It's all automated and the more pictures taken, the more is learned about "you". ![]() Now FB has a picture of you, the geo location, meaning they can extrapolate expected income and/or net worth by home location, everyone there who does have a profile is attributed to you along with their "likes" and relationships are built, every object in the background is identified and categorized to determine preferences, all those with FB installed on their mobile devices build a map of travel. For example, "you" (in the general sense) go to your mothers birthday party and your sister takes a photo, that you happen to be in, and posts it. And yes, people who have not created profiles in FB, still have "profiles". I'm also using the term "you" in the general sense. Anyone who believes that is negligently naïve. I'm responding to the assertation that the images were "stolen". However, critics say there are almost no laws around the use of facial recognition by police. Assistant Chief of Police Armando Aguilar said his team used the system about 450 times a year, and that it had helped solve several murders. In a rare interview with law enforcement about the effectiveness of Clearview, Miami Police said they used the software for every type of crime, from murders to shoplifting. ![]() The use of facial recognition by the police is often sold to the public as only being used for serious or violent crimes. Police in the US do not routinely reveal whether they use the software, and it is banned in several US cities including Portland, San Francisco and Seattle. But there is an exemption for police, and Mr Ton-That says his software is used by hundreds of police forces across the US. The company is banned from selling its services to most US companies, after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) took Clearview AI to court in Illinois for breaking privacy law. ![]() An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Facial recognition firm Clearview has run nearly a million searches for US police, its founder has told the BBC CEO Hoan Ton-That also revealed Clearview now has 30 billion images scraped from platforms such as Facebook, taken without users' permissions.
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