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Re:The file Clearview AI has been keeping on me by buckminster on Saturday February 29, 2020 @03:45PM (#22452974)
> "Clearview does not maintain any sort of information other than photos,” the company wrote. “To find your information, we cannot search by name or any method other than image."

So a police force buys this product, searches for an image, and just gets more images. Really? What use would that be?

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Re:The file Clearview AI has been keeping on me by throwGuardian on Saturday February 29, 2020 @03:56PM (#22453041)
I think they also provide the origin of the images (example MySpace), and more often than not, the origin ends up with a definitive identity.

The response report on the author, for instance, clearly identifies her

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Re:The file Clearview AI has been keeping on me by Donald on Saturday February 29, 2020 @03:55PM (#22453030)
It links you to the source of the image which is presumably subpoenable for identity information.
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