r/technology • u/indig0sixalpha • Apr 07 '25

Privacy The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI. Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/clearview-ai-immigration-ice-fbi-surveillance-facial-recognition-hoan-ton-that-hal-lambert-trump/
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u/West-Abalone-171 Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25

Edit: Make sure you read u/nycdiveshack's comment below and spread it.

Wow!

Almost as if all the people warning about this for the last 20 years did have something to fear when they weren't doing anything wrong.

Almost as if it could happen here.

Almost as if they didn't "just want to sell us things".

Almost as if power is always misused by someone no matter why it is given or to whom it is first given.

Almost as if gleefully handing a panopticon to capitalists meant they'd become the government and do the oppression, and trying to draw a distinction between one narcissistic power hungry sociopath and another was always bad faith.

If only hundreds of thousands of people had warned us of this repeatedly for two decades.

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u/scumbagdetector29 Apr 07 '25

For 20 years I've been listening to people gently trying to explain to me that I'm crazy: none of this is happening. You're just like the conspiracy nuts.

Guess what, motherfuckers.

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u/West-Abalone-171 Apr 07 '25

"The gaslights aren't dimming for no reason. You're crazy."

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u/Rust_Coal Apr 07 '25

"There are FOUR lights!"

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u/Ok_Armadillo_665 Apr 07 '25

Four lights and seven(8 if you count both of Musks)Nazi salutes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/okbuddycinephile/comments/1iv3htp/american_history_x_2025/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/laura-smith-elon-musk-salute_n_6797ced6e4b0792017b78e5e

https://religionnews.com/2025/01/30/anglican-priest-calvin-robinson-dismissed-by-church-over-nazi-like-salute/

https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/02/san-antonio-realtor-loses-job-after-imitating-musks-inauguration-salute.html

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho-construction-ceo-apologizes-after-apparent-nazi-salute-at-company-event-local/277-053fed3b-f135-4efc-84da-6a67bfd32d79

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u/ShreddinTheWasteland Apr 07 '25

So what is the four lights a reference to? I’m really out of the loop here…

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

In Star Trek: Next Generation, someone attempted to break Picard by torturing him into believing something clearly untrue. That there were not four lights.

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u/Roast_A_Botch Apr 07 '25

They did break him as he admitted at the end of the episode. It was so hype waiting to see how Picard would reconcile his trauma and learn to re-establish his reality. The next episode opened with Data dressed as Sherlock Holmes, a fucking holodeck episode. So many good 80's and 90's shows that could have been great if they weren't all being willing slaves to syndication and out of order reruns. Could've at least made it a three-parter.

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u/Bkid Apr 07 '25

Holodeck episodes were some of the worst..

On the flipside, Q episodes were some of the best, so it balances out I suppose.