Vijf vragen over het gezichtsscanbedrijf dat massaal je foto's verzamelt

YouTube, Facebook, Twitter en Linkedin eisten vorige week allemaal dat Clearview stopt met het kopiëren van foto's van hun platformen. Het bedrijf verzamelt foto's van sociale media om zo een enorme database te bouwen met gezichten. Waarom doen ze dit? En hoe treft dit Nederlanders? Vijf vragen over het omstreden gezichtsscanbedrijf.
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Clearview AI Wants To Sell Its Facial Recognition Software To Authoritarian Regimes Around The World

Facebook confirmed to BuzzFeed News that it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Clearview AI, asking the company to stop using information from Facebook and Instagram.

Buzzfeednews / Posted on February 5, 2020

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It

A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.
... a tool that could end your ability to walk down the street anonymously, and provided it to hundreds of law enforcement agencies, ranging from local cops in Florida to the F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security.

The New York Times / Published Jan. 18, 2020