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The following giant privateness scare is a face reputation device you might have by no means heard of

The NYT printed an eye-opening piece detailing a slightly unknown company providing facial reputation products and services to kind of 600 US legislation enforcement companies.
The NYT published an eye-opening piece detailing a relatively unknown firm offering facial recognition services to roughly 600 US law enforcement agencies.

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Author: Thenextweb

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