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Company Attempted to Buy Numbers & Mugshots for its Database

Controversial facial recognition company attempted to purchase hundreds of millions of arrest records including SSNs, mugshots, & even email addresses to incorporate into its product, has learned.


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404 Media · Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its DatabaseClearview AI spent nearly a million dollars in a bid to purchase “690 million arrest records and 390 million arrest photos” from all 50 states, court records reveal.
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For years, has collected billions of photos from websites including Facebook, LinkedIn & others & sold access to its tool to law enforcement. The collection & sale of user-generated photos by a private company to w/o that person’s knowledge or consent sparked international outcry when it was first revealed by the NYT in 2020.


nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technol

The New York Times · The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know ItBy Kashmir Hill
Nonilex

New docs obtained by reveal that spent nearly a million dollars in a bid to purchase “690 million arrest records & 390 million arrest photos” from all 50 states from an firm. The contract further describes the records as including current & former home addresses, dates of birth, arrest photos, social security & cell phone numbers, & email addresses.

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Mar 20, 2025, 03:33 AM·Public·Mastodon for iOS
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