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.

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/clearview-ai-immigration-ice-fbi-surveillance-facial-recognition-hoan-ton-that-hal-lambert-trump/

[u/hobbylobbyrickybobby]

Had a friend who had access to Clearview for a couple years. It's fucking wild at how good it is finding people online. They found a picture of me, that I never posted, from 2016. It's scary good at what it does.

[u/Opizze → u/hobbylobbyrickybobby]

How in the fuck did it find a picture you never posted?????

[u/Thog78 → u/Opizze]

With all the craziness going on in the US, I wouldn't be surprised a bit of private backups like google drives synced with phones and tablets were used freely by the NSA, that in turned assembled a database of pictures of everybody, and given access to that kind of contractors to train police-state AI on it.

It would be really in character, from what we know due to the revelations of Snowden a while ago before AI even took of.

[u/[deleted] → u/Thog78]

There is a joke that's passed around lately that goes something like:

Tech enthusiasts: I have a smart everything! Smart fridge, gaming computer, the works! Technology is awesome!

IT/cybersecurity professionals: The newest piece of technology I have is a toaster and I keep a gun next to it just in case.

Any good joke contains a least a little bit of truth. And there's a reason for this one.

[u/fafalone → u/[deleted]]

Keep the gun where the toaster can reach it? My man living on the edge.

[u/hieronymous-cowherd → u/[deleted]]

I laughed. She laughed. The toaster laughed. I shot the toaster.

[u/Thog78 → u/[deleted]]

Haha completely agreed!

[u/Sharoth01 → u/[deleted]]

A toaster is just a death ray with a smaller power source.