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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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Thenextweb has recently written 10 articles on similar topics including :
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  2. "The Southern Co-op supermarket's use of facial recognition to reduce crime has sparked concerns that it could wrongly flag innocent people as criminals". (December 11, 2020)
  3. "We live in an age where we have unprecedented access to almost any information we need. With the emergence of new technology likeartificial intelligence (AI), facial recognition, big data, and more, the human experience is being changed forever". (March 25, 2020)
  4. "Facebook's face de-identification tech modifies your face slightly in video content to thwart facial recognition systems". (October 28, 2019)
  5. "iPhone users are about to receive access to Apples latest mobile operating system, iOS 14. It will come with the usual array of shiny new features, but the real game-changer will be missing at least until January". (September 19, 2020)
  6. "Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGohas released a new service, called the Tracker Radar, to block unwanted trackers that collect your browsing data. The service is an open-sourced and continuously updated list of common trackers with details such astracking behavior,prevalence, ownership, fingerprinting behavior, cookie behavior, and privacy policy". (March 6, 2020)
  7. "Zoom confirmed that it plans to offer stronger encryption features only for its paying users. It won't be extended to the free tier". (June 5, 2020)
  8. "In order to keepits social network free of malicious bots, Facebook keeps trying out new tactics.In its latest test, its deploying facial recognition tech to spot fake profiles". (November 6, 2019)
  9. "Apple has introduced a new privacy-focused "nutrition label" for third-party apps that clearly describe how apps use your data". (July 6, 2020)
  10. "The pandemic is an opportunity to mobilize the grassroots privacy effort and adapt to emergencies". (April 21, 2020)
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