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NYT: Facial Popularity Startup Threatens 'Privateness as We Know It'

The New York Occasions revealed an investigation just lately right into a little-known startup that is helping regulation enforcement fit pictures of unknown other folks to their on-line photographs the usage of facial reputation, and the privateness problems which are raised by way of the corporate and its large database of pictures.
The New York Times published an investigation recently into a little-known startup that helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images using facial recognition, and the privacy issues that are raised by the company and its massive database of photos.

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