Clearview AI, the controversial facial-recognition company partnering with police, says its entire customer list was stolen in a breach
Posted on AllSides February 26th, 2020
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The full client list of Clearview AI, the embattled facial-recognition company, was stolen by someone with "unauthorized access," The Daily Beast first reported.
The company has drawn backlash from privacy advocates and major social-media platforms over its facial-recognition tool, which lets police use a photo of a person to search a database of images from social media and identify people based on their faces. The breach is notable because Clearview markets its services to law-enforcement agencies and has previously avoided disclosing who its clients are.
Tor Ekeland, Clearview AI's attorney,...
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