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Linked: Clearview’s Facial Recognition App Has Been Used By The Justice Department, ICE, Macy’s, Walmart, And The NBA

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Contrary to their claims, it seems like the company is willing to let anyone use their facial recognition search tool, and they seem unable to keep their own data safe.

That’s not a good look.

Read the whole thing, and prepare to be shocked, shocked I tell you, that a company willing to grab millions, (billions) of images from the internet and turn it into a huge facial recognition search engine has no ethics.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/ryanmac/clearview-ai-fbi-ice-global-law-enforcement

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