It seems the only thing keeping US companies from selling name-revealing facial recognition tools (and even glasses) is their own business decisions.

It's time for better privacy laws.

Here is a gift link to the New York Times.

#FacialRecognition #Privacy #ClearviewAI #Facebook #USPol

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/technology/google-facebook-facial-recognition.html?unlocked_article_code=PBcLnmqcQ0XFVbU_fAcWqY9MhLiJMPoal4xS4ljx07wSP9VakbC_6CZWd8TTt9a2ZTSciUDpmA8AaBcefGvRzH5VU-z1xgnoKVPX07_QHLugdCb3U2aeoQJhmCKfKslZ6z-0agXW9TJFau5PQpzNCmkUhT3sIvZtUZKEPGnvhubwOXkYbo-hbsg5ljUn1e9NzqytuK388E9aK878OODvz5pByGq5X84_GuEK3BLAhvW7CAkxgK6r_DTQElA9J21_k-ugKBl_dtlV_MGZJJ8HN5QKv1O-vRqnaUSWia83i5IvKm-k_S4Aa2dTSgzhqafLcnJ1PM7RtU9jXSCSU_kgg5Kp8UKaPKZSBjGaoh9WiQ&smid=url-share

The Technology #Facebook and #Google Didn’t Dare Release

Engineers at the tech giants built tools years ago that could put a name to any face but, for once, Silicon Valley did not want to move fast and break things.
#facialrecognition #privacy #surveillance

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/technology/google-facebook-facial-recognition.html

#IBM promised to back off #facialrecognition during #BlackLivesMatter #protests— then it signed a $69.8 million contract to provide it
/he company denies its new government deal enables ‘general purpose’ #biometric #surveillance. #Humanrights advocates disagree
"IBM signed a $69.8 million contract with the British government to develop a national biometrics platform that will offer a facial recognition function to immigration and law enforcement officials." https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/31/23852955/ibm-uk-government-contract-biometric-facial-recognition

#Fedpol gleist Projekt für riesiges Facial-Recognition-System auf - inside-it.ch https://www.inside-it.ch/fedpol-gleist-projekt-fuer-riesiges-facial-recognition-system-auf-20230905 #Gesichtserkennung #FacialRecognition #Biometrie #biometrics #Datenschutz #privacy #Überwachung #surveillance

Leaked Email: #CBP Tells #Airports Its New #FacialRecognition Target is 75% of Passengers Leaving the US

An internal airport email obtained by 404 Media shows CBP is changing how it measures its goals for #biometric boarding when people fly out of the U.S.
#privacy #surveillance

https://www.404media.co/leaked-email-cbp-facial-recognition-75-percent/

“The growing popularity of #facialrecognition at stadiums & music venues like Madison Square Garden has drawn criticism from privacy advocates who say the tech doesn’t work as well 4 women or non-white people. A coalition of more than 100 artists, incl rock band Rage Against the Machine, recently signed a pledge earlier this year to boycott performing in stadiums that use the technology” #MassSurveillance https://gizmodo.com/9-stadiums-using-facial-recognition-games-rose-bowl-met-1850798207

If the increasing application of flawed facial recognition across the UK wasn't bad enough, the Home Office's attempted intimidation of the regulator in favour of a private surveillance company is truly disturbing.

#privacy #surveillance #facialrecognition #ukpolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/02/home-office-accused-of-secret-lobbying-for-facial-recognition-spy-company

UK Home Office Threatened UK Privacy Regulator To Help Privatized Facial Recognition... Particularly In Retail

#facialrecognition #biometrics #News #UnitedKingdom #Surveillance #MassSurveillance #retail #databrokers #wearamask #privacy #facewatch

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/02/home-office-accused-of-secret-lobbying-for-facial-recognition-spy-company

#Twitter will künftig biometrische Daten sammeln - inside-it.ch https://www.inside-it.ch/twitter-will-kuenftig-biometrische-daten-sammeln-20230901 #X #TwitterX #biometrics #Biometrie #Gesichtserkennung #FacialRecognition #FingerPrint #Fingerabdruck

#UK #FacialRecognition #PoliceState #Facewatch #Biometrics #Privacy #Surveillance: "Senior officials at the Home Office secretly lobbied the UK’s independent privacy regulator to act “favourably” towards a private firm keen to roll out controversial facial recognition technology across the country, according to internal government emails seen by the Observer.

Correspondence reveals that the Home Office wrote to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) warning that policing minister, Chris Philp, would “write to your commissioner” if the regulator’s investigation into Facewatch – whose facial recognition cameras have provoked huge opposition after being installed in shops – was not positive towards the firm.

An official from the Home Office’s data and identity directorate warned the ICO: “If you are about to do something imminently in Facewatch’s favour then I should be able to head that off [Philp’s intervention], otherwise we will just have to let it take its course.”

The apparent threat came two days after a closed-door meeting on 8 March between Philp, senior Home Office officials and Facewatch."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/02/home-office-accused-of-secret-lobbying-for-facial-recognition-spy-company?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

'Revealed: #HomeOffice secretly lobbied for #FacialRecognition ‘spy’ company

Officials reflected #policing minister’s enthusiasm to roll out controversial technology across the country, particularly in retail settings'
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/02/home-office-accused-of-secret-lobbying-for-facial-recognition-spy-company

#UK Government Seeks Expanded Use of AI-based #FacialRecognition By Police - Slashdot

#privacy #ai #surveillance
https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/08/31/1818201/uk-government-seeks-expanded-use-of-ai-based-facial-recognition-by-police?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

#IBM promised to back off facial recognition — then it signed a $69.8 million contract to provide it - The Verge

The company denies its new #government deal enables ‘general purpose’ #biometric #surveillance. Human rights advocates disagree.
#privacy #surveillance #facialrecognition #humanrights #civilrights

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/31/23852955/ibm-uk-government-contract-biometric-facial-recognition

Guess when it comes to the bottom line, you leave your compass at the door.

"The company denies its new government deal enables ‘general purpose’ biometric surveillance. Human rights advocates disagree."

#IBM promised to back off #facialrecognition — then it signed a $69.8 million contract to provide it https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/31/23852955/ibm-uk-government-contract-biometric-facial-recognition @verge

"Je gezicht is nu van ons" #gezichtsherkenning #facialrecognition

https://jegezichtisnuvanons.nl/

@williamgunn @kashhill
Of course Missouri doesn’t have an opt-out of facial recognition. Our leaders care nothing about the people of this state.
#FacialRecognition
#Missouri

HackRead: Deepfakes Are Being Used to Circumvent Facial Recognition Systems https://www.hackread.com/deepfakes-circumvent-facial-recognition-systems/ #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #Biometric #Deepfakes #Privacy

#SocialMedia #DataScraping #Privacy #DataProtection #Clearview #FacialRecognition: "The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and 11 of its international data protection and privacy counterparts have released a joint statement to address the issue of data scraping on social media platforms and other publicly accessible sites.

Data scraping technologies, which are being increasingly used to collect and process vast amounts of individuals’ personal information from the internet, raise significant privacy concerns as these technologies can be exploited for purposes including monetisation through reselling data to third-party websites, including to malicious actors, private analysis or intelligence gathering.

In recent years, the OAIC has seen increased reports of mass data scraping from social media applications and other websites that host publicly accessible personal information. This type of activity was evidenced in a joint investigation by the OAIC and the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office into the personal information handling practices of Clearview AI, Inc. Following the joint investigation, Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner made a determination finding that Clearview AI, Inc. had breached Australians’ privacy."

https://www.oaic.gov.au/newsroom/global-expectations-of-social-media-platforms-and-other-sites-to-safeguard-against-unlawful-data-scraping

A new low in ID theft, if you missed this story. #identitytheft #facialrecognition

Man, 86, accused of assuming dead brother’s identity in 1965 is convicted of several charges
https://apnews.com/article/maine-brothers-assumed-identity-facial-recognition-technology-cf99404df550dcff9d20042b1f91dad2

Times should be ashamed for giving such complimentary tone to the company found guilty of unlawful and unconsentual collection and storage of photos, and then using it for facial recognition https://archive.is/AtYxg

#Clearview #AI #Privacy #FacialRecognition #Security #UnitedKingdom