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Anonymous Coward User ID: 10938569 United States 01/18/2020 09:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It may not be long before you'll have to forget about walking down the street anonymously, says a New York Times report. Quoting: LoneStarRising What if a stranger could snap your picture on the sidewalk then use an app to quickly discover your name, address and other details? A startup called Clearview AI has made that possible, and its app is currently being used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies in the US, including the FBI, says a Saturday report in The New York Times. The app, says the Times, works by comparing a photo to a database of more than 3 billion pictures that Clearview says it's scraped off Facebook, Venmo, YouTube and other sites. It then serves up matches, along with links to the sites where those database photos originally appeared. A name might easily be unearthed, and from there other info could be dug up online. The size of the Clearview database dwarfs others in use by law enforcement. The FBI's own database, which taps passport and driver's license photos, is one of the largest, with over 641 million images of US citizens. The Clearview app isn't currently available to the public, but the Times says police officers and Clearview investors think it will be in the future. Law enforcement officers say they've used the app to solve crimes from shoplifting to child sexual exploitation to murder. But privacy advocates warn that the app could return false matches to police and that it could also be used by stalkers and others. They've also warned that facial recognition technologies in general could be used to conduct mass surveillance. Regulation of facial recognition technology is currently up in the air in the US. A few cities, including San Francisco, have banned its use, but there aren't yet any federal laws. [link to www.cnet.com (secure)] Maybe a picture of me will get out and someone will rescue me from the evil butfucking pharisees. |
Mathetes 2.0
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Loup Garou
User ID: 31702506 United States 01/18/2020 09:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It may not be long before you'll have to forget about walking down the street anonymously, says a New York Times report. Quoting: LoneStarRising What if a stranger could snap your picture on the sidewalk then use an app to quickly discover your name, address and other details? A startup called Clearview AI has made that possible, and its app is currently being used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies in the US, including the FBI, says a Saturday report in The New York Times. The app, says the Times, works by comparing a photo to a database of more than 3 billion pictures that Clearview says it's scraped off Facebook, Venmo, YouTube and other sites. It then serves up matches, along with links to the sites where those database photos originally appeared. A name might easily be unearthed, and from there other info could be dug up online. The size of the Clearview database dwarfs others in use by law enforcement. The FBI's own database, which taps passport and driver's license photos, is one of the largest, with over 641 million images of US citizens. The Clearview app isn't currently available to the public, but the Times says police officers and Clearview investors think it will be in the future. Law enforcement officers say they've used the app to solve crimes from shoplifting to child sexual exploitation to murder. But privacy advocates warn that the app could return false matches to police and that it could also be used by stalkers and others. They've also warned that facial recognition technologies in general could be used to conduct mass surveillance. Regulation of facial recognition technology is currently up in the air in the US. A few cities, including San Francisco, have banned its use, but there aren't yet any federal laws. [link to www.cnet.com (secure)] This is the next step by the Jack Boots Just because YOU don’t believe in the Rougarou; or the Loup Garou, don’t make you safe; No ! The Constitution is a blend of 'moral certitude' -- which is one of the reasons that criminals are determined to be rid of it and We the People must be even more determined to defend it. "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." - Thomas Paine The only thing the Illuminati fears is an independent person who can live, eat, sleep, stay warm and defend themselves separate from Federal help. Pray that the Lord gives us more time! The End is near and time is short! A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. ~Proverbs 18:2 For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle" - James Keller Checkd, Keked, and Rekt! #Kids2 |
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ScrumpTheTexan
Forum Administrator 01/19/2020 08:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I am a Christian. Christian does not equal doormat or pushover "I Have Sworn upon the Altar of God... Eternal Hostility against every form of Tyranny over the mind of man." -Thomas Jefferson, Sep. 23, 1800 The Election of Donald John Trump: [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] For previous Newsletters, click 'Scrump's News Letters' @ [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] |
Desert Dude
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77901662 United States 01/19/2020 08:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Humans are nasty, violent monkeys with a thin veneer of civility veiling our inner anger. One of our only protections is to self-determine which information we wish to share with others to protect ourselves and our loved ones from those who'd do harm to us. Unrestrained, globally available information -- much of which is inaccurate, by the way - is an existential threat to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Like unrestrained social media is wreaking havoc on our society and civility, this type of data make available to the general public with no more care than to scan your face with their smartphone is akin to putting a loaded GLoc into the hands of a toddler. People will be hurt, and some will even die as a result. There is NO JUSTIFICATION, especially the abused justification of "fighting crime," and "protecting the public" for any technology that spits in the face of the reasons America exists in the first place -- life, libery and the pursuit of happiness. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 74520225 United States 01/19/2020 09:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Humans are nasty, violent monkeys with a thin veneer of civility veiling our inner anger. One of our only protections is to self-determine which information we wish to share with others to protect ourselves and our loved ones from those who'd do harm to us. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77901662 Unrestrained, globally available information -- much of which is inaccurate, by the way - is an existential threat to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Like unrestrained social media is wreaking havoc on our society and civility, this type of data make available to the general public with no more care than to scan your face with their smartphone is akin to putting a loaded GLoc into the hands of a toddler. People will be hurt, and some will even die as a result. There is NO JUSTIFICATION, especially the abused justification of "fighting crime," and "protecting the public" for any technology that spits in the face of the reasons America exists in the first place -- life, libery and the pursuit of happiness. |
Big Duke6
User ID: 78331582 Canada 01/19/2020 09:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Humans are nasty, violent monkeys with a thin veneer of civility veiling our inner anger. One of our only protections is to self-determine which information we wish to share with others to protect ourselves and our loved ones from those who'd do harm to us. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77901662 Unrestrained, globally available information -- much of which is inaccurate, by the way - is an existential threat to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Like unrestrained social media is wreaking havoc on our society and civility, this type of data make available to the general public with no more care than to scan your face with their smartphone is akin to putting a loaded GLoc into the hands of a toddler. People will be hurt, and some will even die as a result. There is NO JUSTIFICATION, especially the abused justification of "fighting crime," and "protecting the public" for any technology that spits in the face of the reasons America exists in the first place -- life, libery and the pursuit of happiness. we need be very concerned with cucks like Trudeau and Trump, that cower to big tech Last Edited by Big Duke6 on 01/19/2020 09:41 AM |
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hollyavila
User ID: 77491669 United States 01/19/2020 09:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Unabomber was right all along. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40169223 We all need to leave this crazy society, buy a small cabin in the woods, and live our lives among nature. That's what he tried to do. The man is a genius and he figured out how insane our world is. Then he saw nature being destroyed and eroded around him. His wilderness was disappearing. That's what drove him to violence. What he didn't realize is that this was all predicted in the Bible, and that the only way out of this mess is to occupy with love until the messiah returns. Refuse to participate in the system that is destroying our planet. Rev 13. Jesus is not happy about pollution. |
Big Duke6
User ID: 78331582 Canada 01/19/2020 09:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Unabomber was right all along. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40169223 We all need to leave this crazy society, buy a small cabin in the woods, and live our lives among nature. Is it not too much to ask our politicians do their jobs and protect the privacy of the citizenry? Failing that, yeah it's cabin in the woods time. Last Edited by Big Duke6 on 01/19/2020 09:45 AM |
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Wolf 1776
User ID: 77660098 United States 01/19/2020 09:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Humans are nasty, violent monkeys with a thin veneer of civility veiling our inner anger. One of our only protections is to self-determine which information we wish to share with others to protect ourselves and our loved ones from those who'd do harm to us. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77901662 Unrestrained, globally available information -- much of which is inaccurate, by the way - is an existential threat to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Like unrestrained social media is wreaking havoc on our society and civility, this type of data make available to the general public with no more care than to scan your face with their smartphone is akin to putting a loaded GLoc into the hands of a toddler. People will be hurt, and some will even die as a result. There is NO JUSTIFICATION, especially the abused justification of "fighting crime," and "protecting the public" for any technology that spits in the face of the reasons America exists in the first place -- life, libery and the pursuit of happiness. :wolf_footer_msg: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 66336318 United States 01/19/2020 09:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Big Duke6
User ID: 78331582 Canada 01/19/2020 09:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How much ya wanna bet a certain population is excluded from the app for safety reasons? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78310289 What possible justification is there for someone, not law enforcement, to want to put a name and address to a photo or electronic image capture? I can see the market would want to offer the service, and creepy people would want to pay for it, but I can't think of a compelling reason our elected officials should allow it. Anybody? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73848670 Canada 01/19/2020 10:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73848670 Canada 01/19/2020 10:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How much ya wanna bet a certain population is excluded from the app for safety reasons? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78310289 What possible justification is there for someone, not law enforcement, to want to put a name and address to a photo or electronic image capture? I can see the market would want to offer the service, and creepy people would want to pay for it, but I can't think of a compelling reason our elected officials should allow it. Anybody? Its a lawsuit waiting to happen with all the cyberstalking and ID theft and such. Clearview should get a team of attorneys, they will need it. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78050500 United States 01/19/2020 10:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How much ya wanna bet a certain population is excluded from the app for safety reasons? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78310289 What possible justification is there for someone, not law enforcement, to want to put a name and address to a photo or electronic image capture? I can see the market would want to offer the service, and creepy people would want to pay for it, but I can't think of a compelling reason our elected officials should allow it. Anybody? This app (& others like it soon to be rolled out) is designed to condition people to accept social credit scores. The dominant social media companies & Google are fronts for the intelligence agencies (always have been). Once Trump signs this bill coming down the pipeline authorizing Homeland Security to activate the facial recognition surveillance grid, billions of cameras everywhere will be monitoring us & penalizing us instantly for infractions of leftist-imposed laws & rules. The U.N. even adopted China's model of facial recognition surveillance & will be relying on Beijing to administer it globally (this is why Google moved their HQ there recently). Henry Kissinger & Zbigniew Brzenzski laid out the blueprint for this technocracy in the 1970s & it's going operational right on schedule. We're all less than a year away from digital slavery. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75650842 United States 01/19/2020 10:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Irrational fear mongering Sponsored by conspiracies and secret societies that want to continue to commit crime without being caught Are you part? If no you are the victim I think the less crime the better Realize this privacy BS is a ruse |
American Dissident
User ID: 78361666 United States 01/19/2020 11:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Unabomber was right all along. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40169223 We all need to leave this crazy society, buy a small cabin in the woods, and live our lives among nature. Is it not too much to ask our politicians do their jobs and protect the privacy of the citizenry? Failing that, yeah it's cabin in the woods time. politicians do not care about you. you are cattle. they only care about their corporate banker buddies |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 45908901 Canada 01/19/2020 11:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It may not be long before you'll have to forget about walking down the street anonymously, says a New York Times report. Quoting: LoneStarRising What if a stranger could snap your picture on the sidewalk then use an app to quickly discover your name, address and other details? A startup called Clearview AI has made that possible, and its app is currently being used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies in the US, including the FBI, says a Saturday report in The New York Times. The app, says the Times, works by comparing a photo to a database of more than 3 billion pictures that Clearview says it's scraped off Facebook, Venmo, YouTube and other sites. It then serves up matches, along with links to the sites where those database photos originally appeared. A name might easily be unearthed, and from there other info could be dug up online. The size of the Clearview database dwarfs others in use by law enforcement. The FBI's own database, which taps passport and driver's license photos, is one of the largest, with over 641 million images of US citizens. The Clearview app isn't currently available to the public, but the Times says police officers and Clearview investors think it will be in the future. Law enforcement officers say they've used the app to solve crimes from shoplifting to child sexual exploitation to murder. But privacy advocates warn that the app could return false matches to police and that it could also be used by stalkers and others. They've also warned that facial recognition technologies in general could be used to conduct mass surveillance. Regulation of facial recognition technology is currently up in the air in the US. A few cities, including San Francisco, have banned its use, but there aren't yet any federal laws. [link to www.cnet.com (secure)] Good! I'll never be lost again! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77078671 01/19/2020 11:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It may not be long before you'll have to forget about walking down the street anonymously, says a New York Times report. Quoting: LoneStarRising What if a stranger could snap your picture on the sidewalk then use an app to quickly discover your name, address and other details? A startup called Clearview AI has made that possible, and its app is currently being used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies in the US, including the FBI, says a Saturday report in The New York Times. The app, says the Times, works by comparing a photo to a database of more than 3 billion pictures that Clearview says it's scraped off Facebook, Venmo, YouTube and other sites. It then serves up matches, along with links to the sites where those database photos originally appeared. A name might easily be unearthed, and from there other info could be dug up online. The size of the Clearview database dwarfs others in use by law enforcement. The FBI's own database, which taps passport and driver's license photos, is one of the largest, with over 641 million images of US citizens. The Clearview app isn't currently available to the public, but the Times says police officers and Clearview investors think it will be in the future. Law enforcement officers say they've used the app to solve crimes from shoplifting to child sexual exploitation to murder. But privacy advocates warn that the app could return false matches to police and that it could also be used by stalkers and others. They've also warned that facial recognition technologies in general could be used to conduct mass surveillance. Regulation of facial recognition technology is currently up in the air in the US. A few cities, including San Francisco, have banned its use, but there aren't yet any federal laws. [link to www.cnet.com (secure)] This is the next step by the Jack Boots :papers: another simpleton founder is a transgender mutt whose capital came from jewish controlled vc firms he is using libs made by others to cobble together this garbage |
Torchie
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