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• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  We've had people send us what they've been getting back from their Clearview AI privacy requests and it's eye-opening what the company has ingested. @annamerlan found her photos from Myspace in there. https://www.vice.com/...

• @annamerlan Anna Merlan on x

  We used a California law to get Clearview AI to give me the file they have on me; it contains a collection of photos of my face culled from some extremely odd sources https://www.vice.com/...

• @dellcam @dellcam on x

  TechCrunch found an iOS copy of Clearview's face tech software the same way Gizmodo found the Android version... in an unsecured Amazon bucket https://twitter.com/...

• @loisbeckett Lois Beckett on x

  I love @annamerlan's face and so does America's favorite definitely-not-a-surveillance- company! https://www.vice.com/...

• @briannawu Brianna Wu on x

  “What could go wrong?” we asked, when @kashhill first reported on facial recognition startup Clearview AI who's been indexing all our online photos for eager law enforcement. Now we know: a total data breach, and Gizmodo has the whole app. https://gizmodo.com/...

• @profjeffjarviss @profjeffjarviss on x

  This is dangerous behavior from Apple. It's nothing less than a de facto ban on frictionless face-sharing innovation. https://twitter.com/...

• @glynmoody Glyn Moody on x

  important point; everyone request theirs if they can... https://twitter.com/...

• @sethdmichaels Seth D. Michaels on x

  “Clearview is not just obtaining images from social media sites like Instagram themselves, but also from other sites that have already scraped Instagram...this information is available to far more people than Clearview likes to acknowledge.” https://twitter.com/...

• @suhaunah @suhaunah on x

  If you live in California, you too can request this info (your personal data) from Clearview and other companies under the California Consumer Privacy Act, which went into effect Jan 1. Here's the link to Clearview's privacy request form: https://clearview.ai/... https://twitter.…

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  🙏🏽 the CCPA already doing good. Take that, you haters. https://twitter.com/...

• @kashhill Kashmir Hill on x

  A reminder that Californians and Europeans can get their Clearview files thanks to right to access laws in those places. I requested mine in New York but no dice because we don't have such a law here. https://twitter.com/...

• @motherboard @motherboard on x

  Clearview AI has all of your MySpace mirror selfies... and more. https://www.vice.com/...

• @torproject @torproject on x

  Utter madness. Clearview scraped billions of photos for its facial recognition app. New docs reveal it's been used by more than 2,200 law enforcement departments, government agencies, and companies across 27 countries. https://buzzfeednews.com/... .onion: https://bfnews3u2ox4m4ty…

• @michaelhayes Mike Hayes on x

  Most interesting part of this great @Gizmodo report on what's inside Clearview AI facial recognition app: they're developing a “private search mode” https://gizmodo.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @jbenton Joshua Benton on x

  “Open S3 Bucket” is just a great phrase, try to work it into conversation today https://twitter.com/...

• @profcarroll @profcarroll on x

  Maybe the world doesn't want Clearview AI's business to succeed for some reason. https://twitter.com/...

• @panzer Matthew Panzarino on x

  We tracked down that there was an iOS version of Clearview AI's app in use. It uses enterprise certs in a way that Apple has said it doesn't want them used. That cert is now banned. https://techcrunch.com/...

• @amandarivkin Amanda Rivkin on x

  Where this road leads will make Cambridge Analytica feel like child's play. https://twitter.com/...

• @k_morrissey Abu bakr al-Pacino on x

  Turns out neither being a Rock Eisteddfod champion nor making a gag app to put trump's hair on people indicates any competence around security or respect for privacy who knew https://twitter.com/...

• @demandprogress @demandprogress on x

  Clearview AI was already shady - and now this excellent reporting shows us how much scarier it can get https://twitter.com/...

• @jeremylittau Jeremy Littau on x

  “It's strictly for law enforcement,” Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That said earlier this month. ... But in reality, Clearview AI has also been aggressively pursuing clients in industries such as law, retail, banking, and gaming and pushing into international markets ...." https://twitt…

• @evan_greer Evan Greer on x

  When we focus only on banning law enforcement and government use of #facialrecognition we're missing the point. There are so many creepy, discriminatory, abusive and downright dystopian things that private companies and even individuals can do with it https://www.buzzfeednews.com…

• @pranavdixit @pranavdixit on x

  BIG scoop from @carolineha_ @RMac18 @_loganmcdonald Also: Vadodara City Police in India signed up for Clearview AI last month and ran a handful of searches. When asked by @BuzzFeedNews, Commissioner Anupam Gahlaut texted an ominous “We have not started yet” and stopped responding…

• @meetmckayla Mckayla Wilkes on x

  Maryland has betrayed the trust of thousands of immigrants and allowed ICE to use of facial recognition software to target the most vulnerable. This is inhumane. Immigrants are people. It's time we abolish ICE. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @ajplus @ajplus on x

  ICE has run facial recognition searches on millions of drivers in Maryland, including some 275k undocumented immigrants, reports @washingtonpost. The state's database includes personal information such as the names and addresses of ~7 million drivers statewide. https://twitter.co…

• @josephfcox Joseph Cox on x

  The Clearview client list includes private investigators and security companies. These are exactly the sort of firms that, beyond a crooked cop, are totally ripe for abuse of tools like this https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @katecrawford Kate Crawford on x

  And here it is - the leaked client list of Clearview. Remember how they said it was “strictly law enforcement only”? Not so much. Clients include Walmart and Macy's as well as ICE and CBP. https://twitter.com/...

• @evan_greer Evan Greer on x

  This Clearview story is totally wild. This is exactly why we need Congress to get off their asses and #BanFacialRecognition, not just for law enforcement and government use, but for private and corporate use too WTF is Walmart, Bank of America, and Verizon doing with this tech? h…

• @clareangelyn Clare Garvie on x

  “Clearview is strictly for law enforcement” ...but also 50 educational institutions, 200+ companies, security firms & private investigators. And police in 26 other countries. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @tiffanycli Tiffany C. Li on x

  If this Clearview news horrifies you, just remember: There is still no federal law that regulates facial recognition or biometric privacy. https://twitter.com/...

• @fightfortheftr @fightfortheftr on x

  What 👏the 👏 actual 👏 hell 👏 are 👏 these 👏 corporations 👏 using 👏 creepy 👏 facial recognition 👏 software 👏 for? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @arielbogle Ariel Bogle on x

  The AFP told me via FOI it had no records concerning Clearview, and denied using it in multiple statements. Now Buzzfeed has documents showing its employees have run searches... https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Clearview AI has been used by more than 2,200 entities. From governments to the private sector. From ICE to Interpol. From Australia to the UAE. Collectively, there have been nearly 500,000 searches. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...