This chapter exposes ClearView AI, a secretive startup that illicitly scraped billions of photos from social media to create a facial recognition app. The app not only violated users' privacy, but the company also sold it to law enforcement agencies.
When tech journalist Kashmir Hill got a tip about a mysterious app, Clearview AI, that claimed it could identify anyone based on just one photo, she was skeptical. But when she found out the app was for real, she quickly realized it could lead to a dystopian future where privacy is a thing of the past.
Guest: Kashmir Hill
Book: "Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It"
Host: Panio Gianopoulos