polentabianca, 4 months ago to ai

Just finished Your Face Belongs to Us by New York Times journalist Kashmir Hill. Highly recommended.
A deep dive into how facial recognition technology is shaping privacy and policing.
Spoiler: it doesn't look good.

#bookstodon #KashmirHill #FacialRecognition #AI

jrefior, 7 months ago to privacy

"you have zero privacy, get over it"

Marketplace interview about Clearview AI, with NYT reporter Kashmir Hill who wrote a book about her investigation into them and their efforts to stop her ("Your Face Belongs to Us").

No transcript, but audio of the interview if you click "Listen Now", and an excerpt from the book below that
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/09/19/facial-recognition-startup-clearview-ai-could-change-privacy-as-we-know-it/
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#ClearviewAI #KashmirHill #Marketplace #PeterThiel #privacy #corporations #law

pluralistic, 8 months ago to random

Your Face Belongs To Us is #KashmirHill's new tell-all history of #ClearviewAI, the creepy facial recognition company whose origins are mired in far-right politics, off-the-books police misconduct, sales to authoritarian states and sleazy one-percenter one-upmanship:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691288/your-face-belongs-to-us-by-kashmir-hill/

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/20/steal-your-face/#hoan-ton-that

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