face recognition
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Data Breach At Controversial Face Recognition Firm Shows Company Can’t Be Trusted, U.S. Officials Say
A security breach at a face-recognition startup, already embattled over its unfettered collection of Americans’ personal data on behalf of its hundreds of U.S. law enforcement clients, further underscores the potential hazards faced by consumers at the hands of a controversial and largely-unregulated surveillance technology, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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CEO Of Creepy Face Recognition Firm Clearview AI Says He Has First Amendment Right To Billions Of Photos
Hoan Ton-That, the CEO and founder of a face recognition company that he freely admits could help lead to a surveillance “nightmare” and a “dystopian future or something,” says he has a First Amendment right to scrape whatever images he damn well pleases off public websites like Twitter to pad out his company’s supposedly three…
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Getting A Phone In China Now Requires Mandatory Face Scanning
Chinese citizens will now need to have their faces scanned when purchasing a new mobile phone service after new laws came into effect on Sunday December 1.
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Australia’s Facial Recognition Bill Has Been Postponed For Now
Proposed laws paving the way for a facial recognition database in Australia have been abandoned after a parliamentary report found they required stronger protections for the privacy of citizens.